"Only the Secret is Seductive…the Secret is the Clue!": how selective silence is employed and justified by The World Bank as a communication strategy to respond to citizens' criticism of its policies and projects in Egypt

Author(s): Raghada Abdelhamied

Type: Written pitch

Department: Department of Media and Communications

Exhibit no: 76


The research reveals how selective silence is not an absence of communication. Rather, a communication tactic that is strategically employed by the World Bank in Egypt to respond to citizens' criticism of its policies and projects.