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Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website. Headquarters Reset it. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Find this content or eLibrary access in a library near you using, subscriptions for institutions, please see, https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0484-7_global_practices. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress. Financial support from the Knowledge for Change Program of the World Bank is gratefully acknowledged. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face. About the World Bank This year's World Bank Group/IMF Annual Meetings from October 12-18 will center around "Supporting a Resilient Recovery." The World Bank Group brings together knowledge and expertise across all major sectors of development. They can break the vicious cycle with a comprehensive approach that tackles country-specific governance gaps. The 14 Global Practices and 5 Cross-Cutting Solutions Areas (CCSAs) underpinning that strategy, in concert with the Bank Group regions, pool their expertise to address client countries’ most pressing developmental challenges and ultimately enable the Bank Group to meet its goals. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser. This publication builds on the World Bank’s vast engagement across ECA and on the 2019 regional governance conference. Mari Pangestu, Managing Director of Policy & Partnerships, World Bank, stresses the need for cooperation and coordination in the fight against corruption. Public procurement is a crucial component of governance, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Find the latest eLibrary content related to COVID-19 (coronavirus) here. The World Bank Group is committed to providing a fast, flexible response to the coronavirus pandemic. This report is an inaugural issue in a new series that aims to offer a fresh look at how developing countries are overcoming persistent problems in public sector management. IDA—the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries—has helped hundreds of millions of people escape the cycle of poverty. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Technology boosts government efficiency, transparency, responsiveness, and citizen trust. Enter your email address below and we will send you the reset instructions, If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to reset your password, Enter your email address below and we will send you your username, If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your username. This page is dedicated to Governance & Institutions COVID-19 Response Resources. The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. A World Bank initiative with the objective of meeting the increasing demand for a global knowledge product that captures data about country procurement systems and eProcurement implementations. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Global Director, Solutions and Innovations in Procurement, Governance Global Practice. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face. Countries are not condemned to suffer from corruption. The World Bank's Global Report, Enhancing Government Effectiveness & Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption is out now. Learn how the World Bank Group is helping countries with COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the World Bank Group COVID-19 Hub. We face big challenges to help the world’s poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. To learn more about cookies, click here. About the World Bank Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website? The Fight against Corruption: Taming Tigers and Swatting Flies. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA (202) 473-1000. With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. Thank you for participating in this survey! Working in partnership is key to fighting corruption, Ensuring Better PFM Outcomes with FMIS Investments, Managing the Public Sector Wage Bill during COVID-19. The Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice is the home of the World Bank Group’s family of country economists and macroeconomic experts, providing integrative development strategies, policy-based lending, macrodata, global perspectives, real-time policy analysis, country risk assessments, and innovative projection tools. This paper proposes to think about handling the pandemic as a collective action problem that can be alleviated by policies that foster trust and social connection. This note provides suggestions on managing the public sector wage bill to best achieve the difficult balance between fiscal consolidation, protection of lives and livelihoods, service delivery, and job restoration. Reports that in 2013, the World Bank Group (WBG) adopted a new strategy that leverages the strengths of Bank Group institutions and their unique ability to partner with the public and private sectors to deliver customized development solutions backed by finance, world-class knowledge, and convening services. Environmental and Social Policies for Projects, World Bank Group/World Bank Corporate Scorecard, The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Respectful Workplace Advisors (RWA) Program, Urban, Disaster Risk, Resilience, and Land, Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (pdf). The World Bank operates under the leadership and direction of the president and organizational units responsible for regions, sectors, and general management. More than half of the global population expresses distrust in government institutions. We face big challenges to help the world’s poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. The GPs replaced the Bank’s old matrix management system, which had functional networks, such as “sustainable development” and “human development” with broader remits based in regional areas (see Observer Winter 2014). With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.