BANK’S POVERTY FOCUS Bank / Systematic Country Diagnostics / ASSESSING THE WORLD BANK’S / World Bank Development Research Group / The International Finance Corporation / World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group / /
Continent
Europe / Africa / /
Country
Egypt / Senegal / Romania / Pakistan / Malawi / Vietnam / Nigeria / Guatemala / Philippines / Bangladesh / India / Peru / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
basic social services / Bank programs / knowledge bank / gross domestic product / evaluation groups / Bank lending / financial services / online tool / economic systems / multilateral development banks / development finance institutions / /
MarketIndex
Multidimensional Poverty / /
Organization
Country Office / civil society / International Monetary Fund / International Bank for Reconstruction and development / International Development Association / /
Person
James D. Wolfensohn / Robert S. McNamara / Jim Yong Kim / /
Position
President / Official development assistance / /
Region
Latin America / Sub-Saharan Africa / Central Asia / Caribbean / East Africa / South Asia / Middle East / North Africa / East Asia / /
1. Assessing the World Bank’s Poverty Focus Reducing poverty has been a strategic objective of the World Bank Group since the 1970s, when President Robert S. McNamara first made it a priority. At the turn of the millen