The purpose of this paper is to respond to the Board’s request from December 2017 in relation to GPE’s institutional arrangements with the World Bank.  The paper contains the following annexes:

1. Experience of Comparator Organizations
2. Alison Evans 2012 Hosting Review – Overview and Current Status
3. Hosting in practice and potential impact of Trust Fund Reforms
4. Issues to be addressed if GPE was to create a separate legal entity
5. Evolution of GPE
6. Role of the GPE Secretariat

Board reference: BOD/2018/06 DOC 12