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World Bank (1944 - )

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From
1944
Alternative Names
  • The World Bank Group
Url
http://www.worldbank.org
Location
Headquarters
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20433 U.S.A.
Tel: (202) 473-1000
Fax: (202) 477-6391
Email: feedback@worldbank.org
Summary

"The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities."

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Published Resources

Reports

  • Bhutan - HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention and Control Project, World Bank, June 2004, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/10 /05000104615_20041006093220RenderedPDFPID0updated0June02004.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Addressing HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific, Advance Conference Edition, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington D.C., June 2004, 132 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPREGTOPHIVAIDS/Resources /Regional_Paper.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • ActionAid International, Commitment to Care: The Role of Donor Countries and Multilateral Institutions in Financing HIV/AIDS Programmes, International Aids Conference 2004 briefing paper, ActionAid International, Johannesburg, June 2004, 8 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Ainsworth, Martha, Committing to Results: Improving the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Assistance: An OED Evaluation of the World Bank's Assistance for HIV/AIDS Control, World Bank Operations Evaluation Study, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2005, 274 pp. (Also available at http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/aids/docs/report/hiv_complete_report.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Baingana, Florence; Rachel Thomas and Christine Comblain, HIV/AIDS and Mental Health, Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper, The World Bank, Washington, January 2005, 65 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/HEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/Resources /281627-1095698140167BainganaHIVAIDSMH.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Borowitz, Michael, Elizabeth Wiley, Fadia Saadah and Enis Baris, Responding to HIV/AIDS in the East Asia and Pacific Region: A Strategy Note for the World Bank, Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, December 2003, 82 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Children & Youth Unit, Human Development Network, The World Bank, HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Youth: What Works?, Youth Development Notes, vol. II, November 2006, 4 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Gold, Julian; Maggy Tomkins; Phillip Melling and Nicholas Bates (For the East Asia and Pacific Healthcare Worker Safety Network), Guidance Note on Health Care Worker Safety from HIV and other Blood Borne Infections, Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, May 2004, 46 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Haacker, Markus (ed.), The Macroeconomics of HIV, International Monetary Fund, 2004, 351 pp. (Also available at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/AIDS/eng/index.htm) [ Details... ]
  • Human Development Unit, South Asia Region, Implementation Completion and Results Report (IDA-32420) on a Credit in the Amount of SDR 140.82 Million (US$ Million 193.7 Equivalent) to the Government of India for the Second National HIV/AIDS Control Project, Report No: ICR-000022, 29 September 2006, 64 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Lin, Vivian; Alison Heywood, World Bank Lending and Sector Work for HIV/AIDS in East Asia and Pacific: Review of Current and Past Activities and Strategies for the Future, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, July 2002, 38 pp. (Also available at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/publichealth/Research/research_downloads /WorldBank_HIV-AIDS.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Malek, Danielle, Australia's Successful Response to AIDS and the Role of Law Reform, The Global HIV/AIDS Program - The World Bank, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, D.C., June 2006, 30 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Moses, Stephen; James F. Blanchard; Han Kang; Faran Emmanuel; Sushena Reza Paul; Marissa L. Becker; David Wilson; Mariam Claeson, AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic, The World Bank, Washington, 2006, 131 pp. (Also available at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT /0,,contentMDK:21019386~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:223547,00.html) [ Details... ]
  • Over, Mead, Peter Heywood, Julian Gold, Indrani Gupta, Subhash Hira and Elliot Marseille, HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India: Modeling the Costs and Consequences, Human Development Network Health, Nutrition, and Population Series, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, 2004, 156 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Revenga, Ana, Mead Over, Emiko Masaki, Wiwat Peerapatanapokin, Julian Gold, Viroj Tangcharoensathien and Sombat Thanprasertsuk, The Economics of Effective AIDS Treatment: Evaluating Policy Options for Thailand, Health, Nutrition, and Population Series, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, D.C., 2006, 270 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Simms, Chris, Low Credit: A Report on the World Bank’s Response to HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries, ActionAid, London, 2004, 30 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Second Edition), Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, January 2006, 140 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • The World Bank, The World Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program of Action, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2005, 90 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • The World Bank, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, and Food Security: What We Can Do - A Synthesis of International Guidance, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007, 83 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NUTRITION/Resources/281846-1100008431337 /HIVAIDSNutritionFoodSecuritylowres.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Thomas, Anna, Downward Spiral: The absence of HIV from economic policy-making, Christian Aid, 2004, 47 pp. (Also available at http://www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/409hivaids/downwardspiral.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Strategic Plan 1996-2000, UNAIDS, Revised Dec 1995, 22 pp. [ Details... ]
  • UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and The World Bank, Country Harmonization and Alignment Tool (CHAT): A Tool to Address Harmonization and Alignment Challenges by Assessing Strengths and Effectiveness of Partnerships in the National AIDS Response, UNAIDS/07.17E / JC1321E, UNAIDS, Geneva, June 2007, 85 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • UNDP India; UNESCO; ILO; World Bank; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; UNAIDS; UNICEF; World Health Organization Country Office for India; UNFPA; UNIFEM; UNHCR and World Food Programme, Joint UN Support Plan for HIV and AIDS India 2007-2011, n/d, 73 pp. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org.in/new /Publications_JointUNSupportPlanForHIVAndAIDSIndia2007-2011.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Wilkinson, David, A Healthy Partnership: A Case Study of the MOH Contract to KHANA for Disbursement of World Bank Funds for HIV/AIDS in Cambodia, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, March 2005, 15 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • World Bank, Project Performance Assessment Report Indonesia: Indonesia HIV/AIDS and STDs Prevention and Management Project, The World Bank, 13 June 2005, 57 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • World Bank, HIV/AIDS in South Asia, The World Bank, May 2005, 4 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]

See also

Sources used to compile this entry: World Bank.

Prepared by: Adam Bowles

Created: 23 June 2004, Last modified: 13 March 2007