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Getting to know the World Bank : a guide for young people

World Bank

2005

Overview

As a knowledge bank, the World Bank produces a wide and varied range of information tools, from project documents, country assistance strategies, and development reports to monographs, electronic databases, and web sites. Generally, these products cater to the needs of its international partners and stakeholders, such as other multilateral organizations, governments, and civil society to name a few. However a basic guide to the World Bank for young people cannot be found. Getting to Know the World Bankserves an excellent starting point for young readers who want to learn more about the World Bank. A general, accessible introduction to the World Bank, this guide provides an overview of the Bank’s history, organization, mission, and purpose. It is a good reference tool for young people interested in understanding what the Bank does and how it operates. The guide features graphics and sidebar Q & As on a wide range on topics such as HIV/AIDS, education, and conflict prevention. It addresses such questions as: Why was the Bank founded? Where does it get its money? What are Millennium Development Goals? And what’s the difference between the Bank and the IMF?.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC
• Subject: ACCESS TO EDUCATION / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / AIR POLLUTION / BANKS / CHILD LABOR / CHILD MORTALITY / COMMERCIAL BANKS / COOPERATIVES / CORPORATION / CORPORATIONS / DEBT / DEBT RELIEF / DEPOSITS / DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT / DRINKING WATER / DRUGS / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMICS / ECONOMISTS / EMPLOYMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL / ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS / ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES / EQUALITY / FAMILIES / FINANCIAL MARKETS / FISH / GIRLS / HOUSING / HUMAN RIGHTS / INCOME / INCORPORATED / INDIVIDUALS / INFECTIONS / INSURANCE / INTEREST RATES / INTERESTED PARTIES / Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation / JOINT VENTURE / Jugendliche / Juvenile literature / LABOR FORCE / LIVING CONDITIONS / LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MALARIA / MATERNAL DEATH / MATERNAL HEALTH / MIDDLE EAST / NATIONAL INCOME / NATURAL RESOURCES / NET PROFIT / PARTNERSHIP / PREGNANCY / PRIVATE COMPANIES / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTIVITY / PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION / SCHOOLS / SHAREHOLDER / SHAREHOLDERS / SINGLE SHAREHOLDER / SOCIAL SERVICES / SOCIETY / SPECIFIC DUTIES / STAKEHOLDERS / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / SUBSIDIARY / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TRADE UNIONS / TRANSPORT / UNEMPLOYMENT / VIOLENCE / WAGES / WATER SUPPLY / Weltbank / World Bank / World Bank -- Juvenile literature / YOUNG PEOPLE / YOUTH / YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
• ISBN: 0821359142, 9780821359143