The World Bank in Brazil: Partnering for Results

The Bank’s main mission is to help Brazil secure long-term sustainable growth, providing development opportunities for its population. The US$7 billion Country Partnership Strategy 2008-2011 of the World Bank enables it to act in a catalytic and focused manner to support Brazil’s achievement of its own development goals.

In September 2010, there were 64 projects financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in activity in Brazil, for a total of US$10.4 billion in commitments. Another 18 Global Environmental Fund, carbon finance, guarantees and recipient executed were also active, totaling US$462.77 million in grants and guarantees.

Some of the Bank-financed projects in execution include support for the highly effective Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program, that reaches 12.7 million families (or nearly 50 million people). The program is among the most effective social protection programs in the world, having helped raise approximately 20 million people out of poverty between 2003 and 2009 and well as significantly reducing income inequality.

Some of the active projects include the Family Health Program, several Sustainable Rural Development Projects in the Northeast and many education, water and urban interventions. The Bank has also helped implement the internationally renowned AIDS projects and the Amazon Region Protected Areas Initiatives, which helped contain deforestation in the Amazon.

In addition to directly supporting program in the country, the Bank also produces numerous important research reports, such as the Brazil Low Carbon Study and uses its global network to ensure that other countries benefit from Brazil's knowledge in areas where the country is an acknowledged global leader, such as clean energy, fiscal management, tropical agricultural research, conditional cash transfers, AIDS prevention and community drive development.