Country Programs by Region:
Africa| East Asia & Pacific | Europe & Central Asia (CIS / Non-CIS) Latin America & Caribbean | Middle East & North Africa| South Asia | Africa | Read More about WBI in AFR » | Burkina Faso
WBI's mission in Burkina Faso is focused on lending its support through targeted programs in the areas of private sector; rural development; social protection; and media.
» More about WBI in Burkina Faso | | Madagascar
In Madagascar, the WBI program focuses on Trade, Education, Social Protection and Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure.
» More about WBI in Madagascar | Burundi
WBI support to Burundi for the next few years will be concentrated in two main areas: Leadership strengthening, and Anti-corruption and Governance Diagnostics. | | Malawi
WBI's program will focus on strengthening anti-corruption initiatives, leadership development, and combating HIV/AIDS. | Chad
WBI currently does not have any on-going projects in Chad. | | Mozambique
The key areas for WBI support are envisaged as: (i) strengthening public-private sector partnerships for infrastructure development; (ii) advancing the decentralization process; (iii) improving human resource capacity by controlling the spread of HIV and supporting education sector reforms. | Ethiopia
WBI assistance for the next few years will focus on three main areas: Parliamentary strengthening, Media strengthening, and mobilizing the Diaspora to make professional contributions to the provision of health and education services. | | Nigeria
WBI has assumed a leadership role within the extended country team to provide support to the government in strengthening the Media, Parliament, Knowledge Management and Science and Technology.
» More about WBI in Nigeria | Ghana
WBI is helping the government to strengthen its oversight / accountability institutions, and remove constraints to private sector development.
» More about WBI in Ghana | | Senegal
WBI has embarked on capacity building interventions to strengthen government’s ability to regulate infrastructure, and improve public-private participation; and institutional strengthen for the National Assembly to play a role in analyzing the national budget. | Kenya
WBI is providing support to the government to strengthen its governance and accountability mechanisms thorough programs to strengthen the Media, Parliament and the Judiciary. | | South Africa
WBI’s program in South Africa is proposed against the backdrop of the Government’s specific request for capacity building support from WBI, a largely non-lending Bank program, and South Africa’s vision of itself as a resource for SADC-wide capacity building and South-South facilitated development. | Liberia
WBI support to Liberia for the next few years will be concentrated in three areas: Leadership Capacity Building for peaceful co-existence, Anti-Corruption and Governance Diagnostics, and support to the ongoing efforts to construct and operate a GDLN Distance Learning Center.
» More about WBI in Liberia | | Tanzania
WBI will provide support to the Government of Tanzania in three priority areas: support to oversight institutions; economic competitiveness; and support to enhance service delivery. |
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| East Asia & Pacific | Read More about WBI in EAP » | China
WBI’s China program objectives support activities in, and coincide with, four of the five thematic pillars identified in the draft Country Partnership Strategy (CPS).
» More about WBI in China | | Philippines
FY06 is the first year for the Philippines as a WBI focus country with WBI supporting the overall Bank program with a four-pronged capacity building program.
» More about WBI in the Philippines | Indonesia
The WBI program for FY06 was designed as an extension of FY05 activities but with sharper focus on the two program objectives: (i) providing services to the poor, and (ii) improved investment climate.
» More about WBI in Indonesia | | Thailand
Every year WBI delivers 15-20 activities in Thailand, reaching up to 1,000 participants. This includes regional activities as Bangkok often is used as a hub for EAP wide events as well as country specific workshops. | Lao PDR
WBI’s program objective for the Lao PDR program is capacity building for improved governance.
» More about WBI in Laos | | Vietnam
WBI’s country focus program supports the third Country Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS) and CAS objective, i.e. promoting a modern public administration and the supporting legal and governance system. |
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| Europe & Central Asia | | CIS Countries | Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has become a new WBI focus country in FY06 and WBI activities agreed and endorsed by Country Manager and Unit included one regular activity and one standby: (i) Municipal management and (ii) Corporate social responsibilities (standby). | | Tajikistan
For FY07, WBI will focus on: (i) a multi-year capacity building program for civil servants and public expenditure management program; (ii) private sector development and improving business environment in Tajikistan, and; (iii)addressing capacity development and governance challenges through leadership programs. | Kyrgyz Republic
The WBI program includes three activities agreed with the Country Unit and one activity requested by the Region in a middle of fiscal year: (i) Health flagship, (ii) Community driven development and (iii) Intergovernmental finance/Local government development. | | Ukraine
For FY07, the WBI programme in Ukraine focuses on two main topics: (i) capacity development support for removing barriers to economic growth, and; (ii) public financial management and accountability. | Russian Federation
WBI will contribute to the Bank’s overall efforts in this changing environment with a comprehensive capacity building program integrated in the main Country Partnership Strategy pillars. | | Uzbekistan
WBI programs are aligned with the Government’s program through three main pillars: (i) Sustaining high rates of economic growth; (ii) Strengthening human development and social protection; (iii) Improving the environment through the more efficient use of natural resources. | | Non-CIS Countries | Bosnia and Herzegovina
WBI's program in Bosnia and Herzegovina is deliberately targeted to a few key sectors (such as anti-corruption, strengthening institutions and public expenditure management). | | Turkey
WBI’s program for Turkey is designed as a multi-year intervention focusing on improving capacity at the institutional and individual levels. | Romania
WBI’s program for Romania covering FY07-09 includes three components: (i) public-private partnership in highways, (ii) fiscal management/decentralization, and (iii) innovation support services to SMEs to improve their business sustainability and competitiveness. | | |
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| Latin America & Caribbean | Read More about WBI in LAC » | Argentina
Argentina is one of WBI's new Focus Countries in Latin America. WBI's program for FY07 includes activities in the areas of Social Assistance Programs, Environmental Economics/Policy, and Governance/Anti-Corruption. | | Dominican Republic
WBI has added the Dominican Republic to its list of focus countries. FY07 programs will focus in the areas of children and youth, strengthening Access to Information Legislation for Transparency and Social Accountability, and open and Participatory Government. | Bolivia
New priorities for the Bank and for WBI with regards to Bolivia will be discussed during April consultations with members of president Evo Morales's administration. WBI’s role for FY07 is expected to be a continuation of the just-in-time policy support provided this year to the government and civil institutions in preparing “best practice” notes and organizing consensus building dialogues on key policy issues.
» Read more about WBI in Bolivia | | Guatemala
WBI is involved in a range of sectors/themes in Guatemala, including secondary education, judicial reform, land policy and administration, corporate social responsibility, and social inclusion.
» Read more about WBI in Brazil | Brazil
Brazil is WBI’s largest program in the LCR. Since the year 2000, over 18,000 Brazilians have participated in WBI offerings. WBI was closely involved in preparation of the Brazil CAS focusing on how to best address capacity development needs at both country and project level. Accordingly, WBI's program for Brazil includes work under all four of the CAS pillars (equity, sustainability, competitiveness, economic/governance foundations).
» Read more about WBI in Brazil | | Mexico
Key capacity development objectives pursued by WBI in Mexico include strengthening the institutional capacity of sub-national (particularly municipal) governments; improving transparency, voice and accountability; and fostering greater public-private cooperation in meeting development objectives.
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| Middle East & North Africa | Read More about WBI in MENA » | Egypt
Areas of focus for WBI support include private sector reforms for better governance; service delivery in Health and Education; poverty assessment, and urban management. | | Morocco
WBI will provide targeted support in areas of water management as related to regulatory issues and water resource management policy; public sector reform; pension reform; and urban management within the context of preparing the City Development Strategy. | Iran
To enhance their institutional and organizational capacity for effective program implementation, WBI will work jointly with the Region in implementing an IDF grant that will launch a training of trainers program in this area. | | Yemen
WBI programs in Yemen focus in the areas of human capital development through strengthening education and health sector; capacity building for local administration; finance program in Anti-Money Laundering; and water resources management. | Lebanon
The WBI's FY07 programme focuses on the following major themes: improving the effectiveness of public-private partnerships, the creation of a comprehensive social protection network, and disseminating 'best practices' in trade policy (standby). | | |
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| South Asia | Read More about WBI in SAR » | Afghanistan
WBI concentrates its work in Afghanistan in five thematic areas: Pro-Poor Growth, Urban Management, Private Sector Development, Anti-Money Laundering and Health and AIDS. | | Pakistan
WBI concentrates its work in Pakistan in six thematic areas: MDG Monitoring, Strengthening Parliament, Fiscal and Governance Reform, Urban Management, Social Protection and Health and AIDS.
» Read more about WBI in Pakistan | Bangladesh
WBI concentrates its work in Bangladesh in eight thematic areas, two of which are single year programs: MDG Monitoring, Social Accountability, Strengthen Research Capacity of Bangladesh Bank, Governance & Transparency, Health and AIDS, Social Protection, Trade Negotiation and Debt Management.
» Read more about WBI in Bangladesh | | Sri Lanka
WBI concentrates its work in Sri Lanka in five thematic areas: Media and Journalism, Strengthening Parliament, Pro-Poor Growth, Social Accountability, e-Sri Lanka and Community Radio.
» Read more about WBI in Sri Lanka | India
WBI concentrates its work in India in five thematic areas (Fiscal and Governance Reform, Urban Mangement, Capacity Development for Local Government, Health and AIDS, Investment Climate) and largely in four of the financially disadvantaged states (Orissa, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand).
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