The quick response of the development partners and their good collaboration were vital to engaging the government. The 2008 conflict caused the development partners to engage collectively with the government in designing the crisis response and policy discussions. The NBG said this collective engagement encouraged the government to discuss the crisis response measures and policy actions seriously. As this was an emergency situation, the discussions, negotiations, approvals, and transfers happened quickly. The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme took the lead in convening the development partners and ADB actively participated, although it did not play a lead role. The collective effort from the development partners helped to alleviate the financial crisis, limited economic contraction, and addressed constraints arising from infrastructure damage, investment climate deterioration, financial difficulties, and worsening social conditions of IDPs.
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