The World Bank

Working for A World Free of Poverty

Ijlal Ashraf Wafa Husnain

Bilal Hassan Aneela Zahid

Contents of our presentment

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Overview of the World Bank. Special features of the World Bank. World Bank Agencies. Functions. The millennium development goals.

Overview of the world bank

The World Bank was orginally established to support reconstruction in Europe after World War II.
On July 1, 2012, Jim Yong Kim became the 12th president of the World Bank Group.

Vision

overcome poverty

enhance growth

Globalization

create opportunity

& hope

WORLD BANK

Headquarters: Washington, DC and more than 100 offices around the world. Established: July 1, 1944 by a conference of 44 governments in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA Membership: 185 countries
Staff: Approximately 7,000 employees in Washington,DC and over 3,000 in offices around the world.

WORLD BANK THEMES

1. The poorest countries 2. Post-conflict and fragile states 3. Middle-income countries 4. Global public goods 5. The Arab world 6. Knowledge and learning

is one of the worlds largest sources of funding for the developing world

SPECIAL FEATURES OF WORLD BANK

Its primary focus is on helping the poorest people and the poorest countries.

It uses its financial resources, its staff, and extensive experience to help developing countries, reduce poverty, increase economic growth, improve their quality of life.

IBRD

IDA

IFC

M.I.G.A

ICSID

The International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (1945)

The International Development Association (1960)

The International Finance Corporation (1956)

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (1988)

The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (1966)

FUNCTIONS

Reconstruction and development.

Promotion of investment. Promotion of long range balanced growth of international trade. Arranging the loans through other channels for priority.

Millennium Development Goals

Goal 1: Goal 2: Goal 3: Goal 4: Goal 5:

End extreme poverty and hunger. Achieve universal primary education Empower women and promote equality between women and men Improve health of pregnant women and mothers; Reduce child death rates

Goal 6:
Goal 7:

Ensure environmental sustainability

Create a global partnership for development, with targets for aid, trade and debt relief.

Goal 8:

Tackle HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases

The end !