The World Bank is an internationally supported bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for programs to reduce poverty. It has 185 member countries and over 10,000 staff worldwide. The World Bank provides loans, grants, analytical services and capacity building to fund projects focused on reducing poverty, improving health, education, sanitation, and supporting sustainable development.

2. • BUILDING OF WORLD BANK
The world bank is an
internationally supported bank
that provides financial and
technical assistance to
developing countries for
development programs (e.g.
bridges, roads, schools)with
the stated goal of reducing
poverty.

3. • President :- Robert B. Zoellick
• Membership :- 185 countries
• Affiliates :- IFC, MIGA, ICSID
• Headquarters :- Washington, DC and
more than 100 country Staff
:- about 10000 all over
the world
• Established :- July 1,1944

6. The world bank is one of the two Bretton
Woods Institutions which were created in
1944 to rebuild a wartorn europe after World
War II . Later ,largely due to the contributions
of the Marshall Plan ,the World Bank was
forced to find a new area in which to focus its
efforts.

7. • Fund generation
• Loans
• Grants
• Analytic & Advisory Services
• Capacity building

8. • IBRD lending to developing countries is
financed by selling AAA-rated bonds.
• IDA is the world’s largest source of interest
free loans and grant assistance to the poorest
countries.

10. • Relieve the debt burden of heavily
indebted poor countries
• Improve sanitation and water supplies
• Support vaccination and immunisation
programs to reduce the incidence of
communicable diseases like malaria
• Combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic
• Support civil society organisations
• Create initiatives to cut the emission of
greenhouse effect

11. • Poverty Assessments
• Public Expenditure Reviews
• Country Economic Memoranda
• Social and Structural Reviews
• Sector Reports
• Topics in Development

12. • Advisory Services and Ask Us
• Global Development Learning Network
• World Bank Institutes Global and Regional
Programs
• B-SPAN

13. • Agriculture and Rural
Development
• Economic policy
• Education
• Energy
• Environment
• Financial sector
• Health, nutrition and
population industry
• Information, computing
and telecommunication
• Law and justice
• Private sector
• Social protection
• Trade
• Water resources
• Water supply and
sanitation

14. India is home to over one-quarter of the
world’s poor, and the World Bank Group is
focused on sharing best practices as well as
financing for development as part of its
mission ton help reduce global poverty.

15. • It was started to reduce poverty but it support
United States’ business interests.
• It is deeply implicated in contemporary modes
of donor and NGO driven imperialism.
• The President of the Bank is always a citizen of
the United States.

16. • Lack transparency to external publics.
• It is an instrument for the promotion of U.S. or
Western interests.
• The decision-making structure is
undemocratic.
• It has consistently pushed a “neo-liberal”
agenda.

17. • World bank provides the largest external
funds for education.
• It is a big support in reducing poverty.
• It provides fund for biodiversity projects.
• it helps to bring clean water, electricity, and
transport to poor people.
• It helps in controlling emerging conflicts.
5 PRIORITIES OF WORLD
BANK

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