1818 H Street NW
Washing DC
20433
USA
Telephone:202 455847
Fax:202 5220262
Contact:Malcom Childress
Senior Land Administration Officer
Website:http://www.worldbank.org

The World Bank is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities and supports the efforts of developing country governments to build schools and health centres, provide water and electricity, fight disease and protect the environment.

Member of the International Land Coalition 2003
Member of the Coalition Council 2003-05; 2005-07

Making Land Redistribution Producivity Enhancing: Lecture by Bruce Moore, ILC Director to WBI/SADC/SARPN workshop on Land distribution, July 9-13, 2007

World Development Report - WB: Agricultura development for poverty reduction - DIIS Brief by Julio A. Berdegue and Helle Munk Ravnborg PDF

ANGOC Reaction Paper on the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development. PDF

Rural Week 2-3 November, 07 Washington

Rural Week 1 Apr 05, Washington, USA - Thematic Group session on improved access to land through re-distributive land reform: Presenting: The Cost of Land - Can land funds work for the poor? A learning experience from Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio (FEPP), Ecuador

Rural Week Mar 4-5 - Washington DC, USA - ESSD Week 2004, Land Policy "Translating Principles into Action" PDF 38KB

2002 World Bank Regional Workshop on Land Issues in Asia - Cambodia , Uganda, Mexico input towards Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction - A World Bank Policy Research Report

Rural Week 2001: Reaching the Rural Poor Access to Productive Resources - Policies, Rural Infrastructure and Services for Poverty Reduction PDF 37KB

Rural Week 2000: Building partnerships that merge the interests of civil society and international organisations into a common strategy to improve the access of the rural poor to productive assets

To fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results.To help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.To be an excellent institution able to attract, excite, and nurture diverse and committed staff with exceptional skills who know how to listen and learn.

In 2004 the World Bank provided $20.1 billion or 245 projects in developing countries worldwide, with its finance and/or technical expertise aimed at helping those countries reduce poverty.