From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
World Bank Group Mission xvii --
1 How the World Bank Group Is Organized 7 --
Governance of the World Bank Group 7 --
Five World Bank Group Institutions 11 --
Organizing Principles within the World Bank Group 27 --
Relationship to the IMF and the UN 40 --
2 How the World Bank Group Operates 45 --
Policies and Procedures 55 --
Bank Group's Finances 59 --
Financial Products and Services 61 --
World Bank Project Cycle 76 --
Staff, Consultants, and Vendors 87 --
3 World Bank Group Countries and Regions 93 --
Africa (Sub-Saharan) 103 --
East Asia and the Pacific 110 --
Europe and Central Asia 121 --
Latin America and the Caribbean 127 --
Middle East and North Africa 133 --
4 Topics in Development 139 --
Agriculture and Rural Development 140 --
Combating Corruption 143 --
Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction 144 --
Economic Research and Data 147 --
Empowerment and Participation 152 --
Health, Nutrition, and Population 163 --
Indigenous Peoples 166 --
Information and Communication Technologies 167 --
Labor and Social Protection 170 --
Law, Regulation, and the Judiciary 172 --
Manufacturing and Services 173 --
Private Sector Development 176 --
Social Development 179 --
Sustainable Development 180 --
A Contacting the World Bank Group 191 --
B Timeline of World Bank Group History 195 --
C Presidents of the World Bank Group 203 --
D Country Membership in World Bank Group Institutions 205 --
E Constituencies of the Executive Directors 215 --
F Additional Country Resources 229.
How the World Bank Group is organized
How the World Bank Group operates
World Bank Group countries and regions