What are our origins?

Who are we and what do we do?  Where do we work?   What services do we offer?   What are our origins?   What is our strategy?

What is our approach to governance?  What is our approach to anti-corruption?   Do we respond to all requests for assistance?   How do we deliver our products?   How do we evaluate our impact?

WBI anti-corruption activities date back to late 1994, when in collaboration with Transparency International, then-EDI (now WBI) facilitated a first workshop in Uganda. In 1996, in a major speech at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings, James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, unveiled a new program and expressed the institution’s commitment to “…help any of our member countries to implement national programs that discourage corrupt practices.” Since then, the World Bank has mainstreamed anti-corruption programming—and WBI has been amongst those at the forefront of this process, which has entailed an expansion and evolution of WBI’s program, encompassing a broader focus upon action-oriented governance improvements.