The World Bank Annual Report 2006

This World Bank Annual Report for FY2006 notes that the past year saw both progress and continued challenges in the global fight against poverty and inequality. The Report discusses the following topical highlights: Debt relief for the poorest countries; targeting development in Africa; addressing governance and anticorruption issues globally; improving partnerships with the international community; quick responses to potential avian flu outbreaks; and disaster relief. There were 112 IBRD projects totaling $14.1 billion. The top three sectors for lending were Law and Justice and Public Administration; Transportation; and Energy and Mining. As for IDA concessional lending, 167 projects totaled $9.5 billion. The top three Sectors were Law and Justice and Public Administration; Transportation; and Health and Other Social Services. Non-lending Activities comprises 307 technical assistance activities; and 601 economic and sector work products. There were 16 major evaluations by the Independent Evaluation Group reviewing the Bank's performance on a range of activities including country assistance, debt relief, development effectiveness, middle-income countries, post-disaster assistance, and trade. More than 150 publications were issued, including Global Development Finance 2006, Global Monitoring Report 2006, World Development Indicators 2006, and World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development. While country-led poverty reduction and national development strategies continued to be important mechanisms for defining country priorities and aid strategies, several additional issues moved to the forefront of the Bank's activities during fiscal 2006. These diverse issues included improving governance and accountability, implementing a new Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, expanding initiatives undertaken within the 2005 Africa Action Plan, developing a framework for middle-income countries, supporting agriculture in the poorest countries, cooperating with other international organizations to combat avian flu, searching for new approaches to deal with climate change, and strengthening partnerships to put in place a monitoring plan for the March 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The Bank also responded to emergencies, including the October 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan and the May 2006 earthquake in Indonesia.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2006
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING POLICIES, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, AID EFFECTIVENESS, ANTICORRUPTION, AUDIT COMMITTEE, BANKS, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL ADEQUACY, CAPITAL MARKETS, CHILD MORTALITY, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COLLECTIVE, COLLECTIVE ACTION, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, CORPORATION, DEBT, DEBT RELIEF, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISEASES, EARTHQUAKE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY INVESTMENTS, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, EX-COMBATANTS, EXPENDITURES, FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY, FIGHTING CORRUPTION, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FINANCIAL STRENGTH, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER INEQUALITY, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL POVERTY, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLITERACY, IMPROVING GOVERNANCE, INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INVESTIGATION, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, JOB CREATION, JUDICIAL REFORM, LIMITED, LIQUID ASSETS, LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MANAGERS, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MEMBER BOARD, MEMBER STATES, MIDDLE EAST, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MORTALITY RATE, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS, MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, NET WORTH, NORTH AFRICA, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OIL, OPERATING INCOME, PARTNERSHIP, PEACE, POLICY MAKERS, POOR GOVERNANCE, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PUBLIC GOODS, RECIPIENT COUNTRIES, RESERVE AGAINST LOSSES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPECT, RISK FACTORS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RULE OF LAW, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SHAREHOLDERS, SLUM DWELLERS, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, STAKEHOLDER, STAKEHOLDERS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUSTAINABLE ACCESS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, THE GAMBIA, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORTATION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, UNEQUAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, WAR, WATER SUPPLY, WORLDWIDE INDICATORS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7067469/world-bank-annual-report-2006-vol-1-2-operational-summary https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7526
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