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As the World Development Report 2011, the Pathways for Peace report, and other analytical work suggest, security is vitally important in addressing the development challenges of fragility, conflict, and violence. Although the Bank’s involvement with its member countries’ security sector has been limited, there is a growing recognition that the institution may deal with security and military actors in variety of ways while remaining consistent with its mandate, comparative advantage, and technical competence. Executive Directors have approved a number of projects in which the Bank financing has been used for non-security functions undertaken by military units, such as disaster relief. In 2017, as an exceptional case, the Bank financed the construction of a road in an active conflict zone in Cameroon using the Cameroon Army Corps of Engineers because there were no private contractors willing and able to undertake the work. The Cameroon Army Corps of Engineers were contracted by the implementing ministry through an output based designated force account
- contract. This activity required extensive due diligence and appraisal and is the subject of
specific legal and operational arrangements to ensure that any social, safeguard, fiduciary,
- perational, legal, and reputational risks are appropriately mitigated. Similarly, in post-conflict