CIAO DATE: 10/2011
September 2011
This brief provides an overview of the World Bank's structure, membership, governance, and lending operations.The World Bank is a multilateral financial institution that provides financial and technical assistance for development in low- and middle-income countries. Finance is allocated through low-interest loans and grants for a range of development sectors such as health and education, infrastructure, public administration, financial and private-sector development, agriculture, and environmental and natural resource management.
Resource link: World Bank (ABCs of the IFIs Brief) [PDF] - 1.2M