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.
Motto Working for a World Free of Poverty
Formation
Founder
July 1944
John Maynard Keynes & Harry Dexter WhiteType 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
Founder:John Mynard Keynes (Left) & Harry Dexter White (right)
President : Jim young Kim
Goals Of World Bank
Inside the world Bank
Inside the World BankIt 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
World Bank In Bangladesh
Country Director : Qimiao Fan
World Bank Project in Bangladesh
Status Numbers
Active 67
Closed 253
Dropped 18
Pipeline 10
Implication of the Project
Education
EducationIt 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.
Female Education Project
Adult Non –formal Education Project
Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Project
Modern food storage facilities project
Integrated Agricultural productivity project
Mangrove afforestation project
Shrimp Culture Project Oxbow lake fisheries Project
Economic Development
Economic DevelopmentWorld 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.
Transport&
Communication
Jamuna Bridge Mahakhali Flyover
Sitalakhya Bridge Feni road
Power&
Energy
Bakhrabad Gas Development Project
Renewable energy: Grammen Shakti Solar Home project
Siddirganj Power Project
Water management
&Sanitation
Dhaka water supply & Sanitation Project
Chittagong water supply & Sanitation Project
Shallow tubewell and low lift pump irrigation development project
Nutrition &
Health
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).
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