An overview of World Bank activities and implication of its Project in different developmental sectors of Bangladesh.

4. World Bank
The World Bank is an
internationally
supported bank that
provides financial and
technical assistance
to developing
countries for
development
programs with the
stated goal of
reducing poverty.

5. Motto Working for a World Free of Poverty
Formation
Founder
July 1944
John Maynard Keynes & Harry Dexter White
Type Monetary International Financial Organization
Legal status Treaty
Purpose Crediting
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
Region Worldwide
Key people Jim Yong Kim, president
Parent organization World Bank Group
Website worldbank.org

6. Founder:John Mynard Keynes (Left) & Harry Dexter White (right)

7. President : Jim young Kim

9. Goals Of World Bank

10. Inside the world Bank

11. Inside the World Bank
It includes five institutions-
Institution Number of country member
International Bank for reconstruction
and development (IBRD)
185
International development Association
(IDA)
167
International Finance Corporation
(IFC)
179
Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency (MIGA)
172
International Center for Settlement of
Investment Disputes (ICSID)
143

12. World Bank In Bangladesh

13. Country Director : Qimiao Fan

14. World Bank Project in Bangladesh
Status Numbers
Active 67
Closed 253
Dropped 18
Pipeline 10

15. Implication
of the
Project

16. Education

17. Education
It provides around $200 million annually to
the Government to support education
Primary Education Development Project II
(PEDP II) is the main driver
Girls’ secondary school enrollment increased
from 44.73 percent in 1994 to 54.68 percent in
2000.

18. Female Education
Project
Adult Non –formal
Education Project

19. Agriculture

20. Agricultural Extension Project

21. Modern food
storage facilities
project
Integrated
Agricultural
productivity project

22. Mangrove afforestation project

23. Shrimp Culture Project Oxbow lake fisheries Project

24. Economic
Development

25. Economic Development
World Bank the largest external funder of micro
credit programs in Bangladesh.
World Bank first entered into micro credit financing
with $180 million which was channeled to the
borrowers through a local NGO, Palli Karma
Shahayak Foundation (PKSF)
to reach the poorest of the poor, its’ Financial
Services to the Poor (FSP) project is one of its’ most
successful initiatives.

26. Transport
&
Communication

27. Jamuna Bridge Mahakhali Flyover

28. Sitalakhya Bridge Feni road

29. Power
&
Energy

30. Bakhrabad Gas Development Project

31. Renewable energy: Grammen Shakti
Solar Home project

32. Siddirganj Power Project

33. Water
management
&
Sanitation

34. Dhaka water supply
& Sanitation Project
Chittagong water
supply & Sanitation
Project

35. Shallow tubewell and low lift pump
irrigation development project

36. Nutrition
&
Health

37. Nutrition & Health
Health and Population Sector Program (HPSP), a
five-year nationwide effort that began in 1998
This project was followed by another $600 million.
In April 2005, it committed another $300 million
through the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector
Program II (HNPSP II).

38. Conclusion

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