Some 10,000 development professionals from nearly every country in the world work at the World Bank in Washington, DC, or in our over 100 country offices. We are economists, educators, environmental scientists, financial analysts, anthropologists, engineers and many others. Approximately 3,000 of us work in country offices in the developing world. We apply our skills and the bank's resources to bridge the economic divide between poor and rich countries, to turn rich country resources into poor country growth and to achieve sustainable poverty reduction.

Select from the following links to find a World Bank expert by topic of expertise and by language spoken; or find information about how work at the World Bank translates into projects on the ground at Project Profiles, Countries and Projects. To learn more about joining the bank's team of dedicated men and women in the battle against world poverty, visit our Jobs page.