United Nations
- From
- 1944
- Alternative Names
- The World Bank Group
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- http://www.worldbank.org
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- 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
Conference Proceedings
- Response Beyond Borders (ed.), The Second Asian Consultation on the Prevention of HIV Related to Drug Use: 21st - 23rd January 2010 Bangkok, Thailand, 2010, 24 pp. (Also available at http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/pt/Constituencies/People-who-use-drugs Response-Beyond-Borders2http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/pt/Constituencies) [ Details... ]
Edited Books
- Haacker, Markus and Mariam Claeson (eds) (eds), HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2009, 272 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/Publications HIVAIDS2009.pdfhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/Publicationshttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources) [ Details... ]
Reports
- HIV and Infant Feeding: Framework for Priority Action, (NLM classification: WC 503.3), WHO - World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003, 6 pp. (Also available at http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241590777_eng.pdf) [ Details... ]
- 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 PID0updated0June02004.pdfhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/10/05/000104615_20041006093220http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/10/05http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/10http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004) [ 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 BainganaHIVAIDSMH.pdfhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/HEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION) [ Details... ]
- Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Blood Services in Central Asian Health Systems: A Clear and Present Danger of Spreading HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases, The World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2008, 67 pp. [ PDF File | 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... ]
- Brown, Jonathan, Joy de Beyer, Tim Lee and Derek von Wissel, Preparing National HIV/AIDS Strategies and Action Plans - Lessons of Experience, World Bank, 2007, 36 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTHIVAIDS/Resources/375798-1151090631807 StrategyPracticeNoteFinal19October07.pdfhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTHIVAIDS/Resources) [ 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... ]
- Gable, Lance, Katharina Gamharter, Lawrence O. Gostin, James G. Hodge, Jr. And Rudolf V. Van Puymbroeck, Legal Aspects of HIV/AIDS: A Guide for Policy and Law Reform, The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007, 250 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Godinho, Joana , Adrian Renton, Viatcheslav Vinogradov, Thomas Novotny, George Gotsadze , Mary-Jane Rivers and Mario Bravo, Reversing the Tide: Priorities for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Central Asia, ECSHD/ECCU8, The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2004, 212 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... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, HIV Interventions for Young People in Humanitarian Emergencies, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_emergencies.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, Community-based HIV Interventions for Young People, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_community.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, HIV Interventions for Most-at-Risk Young People, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_mostatrisk.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, HIV Interventions for Young People in the Workplace, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_workplace.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, HIV Interventions in the Health Sector for Young People, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_health.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, Overview of HIV Interventions for Young People, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_overview.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, HIV Interventions for Young People in the Education Sector, Guidance Brief, United Nations Population Fund, HIV/AIDS Branch, New York, n/d, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/pdfs iatt_hivandyoungpeople_education.pdf) [ 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... ]
- Rodriguez-García, Rosalía and Jody Zall Kusek, Planning and Managing for HIV/AIDS Results: A Handbook, The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007, 115 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... ]
- Stangl, Anne , Dara Carr, Laura Brady, Traci Eckhaus, Mariam Claeson and Laura Nyblade, Tackling HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., 2010, 232 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 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Corporate Responses to HIV/AIDS: Case Studies from India, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., June 2007, 106 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/Publications corporateresponse.pdfhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources) [ Details... ]
- The World Bank, Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic, A World Bank Policy Research Report, The World Bank, New York, October 1997, 382 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- The World Bank, HIV/AIDS Business Coalitions: Guidlines for Building Business Coalitions Against HIV/AIDS, The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2004, 94 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... ]
- The World Bank, HIV/AIDS in Maldives, World Bank, Washington, DC, August 2008, 3 pp. (Also available at http://aidsallianceindia.net/Material_Upload/document HIV-AIDS%20in%20Maldives%202008.pdf) [ Details... ]
- The World Bank, HIV/AIDS in Bhutan, World Bank, Washington, DC, August 2008, 4 pp. (Also available at http://aidsallianceindia.net/Material_Upload/document HIV-AIDS%20in%20Bhutan%202008.pdf) [ Details... ]
- The World Bank, Transport Against HIV/AIDS: Synthesis of Experience and Best Practice Guidelines, The World Bank, Washington DC, 2009, 109 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- The World Bank SAR AIDS - South Asia Regional AIDS, Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan, Discussion Paper Series: Report No. 23, The World Bank, April 2008, 32 pp. [ PDF File | 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 - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and The World Bank, Responding to the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Lessons From Global Best Practises, Sharing Ideas from Brazil, Senegal, Thailand & Uganda, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and The World Bank, Geneva, June 2004, 61 pp. [ PDF File | 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... ]
- UNAIDS Inter Agency Task Team on Education, HIV/AIDS & Education: The Role of Education in the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS, 2004/IATTOVC/R1 REV, 2004, 55 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... ]
- USAID - United States Agency for International Development, CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO - World Health Organization, UNAIDS , UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund, the World Bank and Family Heath International, A Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating HIV Prevention Programmes for Most-At-Risk Populations, UNAIDS/07.15E / JC1338E (English original, April 2007), UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, April 2007, 96 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- USAID - United States Agency for International Development, CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO - World Health Organization, UNAIDS , UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund, the World Bank and Family Heath International, A Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating HIV Prevention Programmes for Most-At-Risk Populations, UNAIDS/08.23E / JC1519E (English original 2007, 1st reprint, December 2008), UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, December 2008, 96 pp. [ PDF File | 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, HIV/AIDS in South Asia, The World Bank, May 2005, 4 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 Institute's Business, Competitiveness and Development team, the Confederation of Indian Industry and Indian Business Trust for HIV/AIDS, Inclusive Responses to the HIV and AIDS Challenge: Experiences from the Indian IT Sector, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington D.C., 2009. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/CGCSRLP/Resources/WBI_Book.pdf) [ Details... ]
See also
- DFID - Department for International Development, HIV and AIDS Treatment and Care Policy, DFID, London, July 2004, 43 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Huguet, Jerrold W., Sureeporn Punpuing, International Migration in Thailand, International Organization for Migration et. al., Bangkok, 2005. (Also available at http://www.iom-seasia.org/resource/pdf/SituationReport.PDF) [ Details... ]
Sources used to compile this entry: World Bank.
Prepared by: Adam Bowles
Created: 23 June 2004, Last modified: 13 March 2007