A guide to the World Bank.

Includes index.

How the world bank group is organized -- Governance of the world bank group -- The five world bank group institutions -- Organizing principles -- Relationship to the IMF and the United Nations -- How the world bank group operates -- Strategies -- Policies and procedures -- The bank group's finances -- Products and services -- World bank project cycle -- IFC project cycle -- Partnerships -- Staff, consultants, and vendors -- World bank group countries and regions -- Member countries -- Africa (sub-Saharan) -- East Asia and the Pacific -- South Asia -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin American and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Topics in development -- Agriculture and rural development -- Aid effectiveness -- Combating corruption -- Conflict prevention and reconstruction -- Debt relief -- Economic research and data -- Education -- Empowerment and participation -- Energy and mining -- Environment -- Financial sector -- Gender -- Globalization -- Governance and the public sector -- Health, nutrition, and population -- Indigenous peoples -- Information and communication technologies -- Infrastructure -- Labor and social protection -- Law and justice -- Poverty -- Private sector development -- Social development -- Sustainable development -- Trade -- Transportation -- Urban development -- Water.