Since Sierra Leone became a member of the World Bank Board of Directors in 1962, the Bank’s assistance on 53 projects and other forms of support have helped to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty in the country. As of August 2006, there were nine active World Bank projects including the following:

	Infrastructure Development Project (Transport)
	Power and Water Project
	Institutional Reform & Capacity Building
	Completion of Bumbuna Hydropower
	National Social Action Project
	Rehabilitation of Basic Education
	Completion of Bumbuna Hydroelectric
	Health Sector Reconstruction and Development Project
	Sierra Leone HIV/AIDS Response Project

For more on the World Bank in Sierra Leone, visit the Country Brief.