About the World Bank Institute
The World Bank is a vital, source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The World Bank Institute (WBI) is one of the Bank's main instruments for developing individual, organizational, and institutional capacity through the exchange of knowledge in those countries to which the World Bank makes loans. Our Clients
WBI works with policy makers, technical experts, civil servants, business and community leaders, and civil society stakeholders to foster the analytical, technical, and networking
skills that support effective socioeconomic programs and public policy formulation. The Institute reaches about 100,000 participants every year through some 1,000 activities. Our Approach
WBI designs and delivers courses and seminars, provides policy advice, and helps countries identify the individual skills and institutional and organizational capabilities needed to achieve their development goals. Activities are carried out face-to-face in classrooms in Washington, DC and abroad, and at a distance using two-way videoconferencing and the Internet. Developing Capacity in Selected Countries
WBI devotes 70 percent of its program budget to working with a group of 45 "focus countries" that are selected based on the World Bank's assessment of their needs and the extent to which they can benefit from WBI's services. The focus countries are low-income and middle-income countries and low-income countries under stress. Thematic Course Offerings
The Institute's sectoral or thematic course offerings address those development topics supported by the World Bank, including: - Human development,
- Poverty reduction and economic management,
- Environmentally and socially sustainable development, and
- Finance and private sector development
Leadership Development
WBI supports newly appointed governments by helping leadership teams improve the culture of resuIts in their organizations. It also offers programs for private sector leaders. WBI also works with youth (in their role as the leaders of tomorrow) and with nongovernmental organizations on fighting corruption and developing demand for good governance. Our Business Model
WBI's business model is built on three elements designed to increase the Institute's reach and effectiveness, namely: - leveraging financial resources through the use of bilateral donor trust funds, and cost recovery from participants and partners, and by selling WBI's services to other World Bank units
- networking with training partners to help deliver activities, thereby reducing costs, increasing the number of events, building the capacity development skills of local partners, and fostering the exchange of knowledge and expertise across countries, and
- capitalizing on the use of technology, such as, videoconferencing, radio, and the Internet, to reach a greater number of clients more rapidly and efficiently, and to facilitate professional networking among participants.
Our Partners
WBI has formal agreements with some 200 multilateral, bilateral, and private sector partners that help expand the Institute's professional expertise, staffing, funding, facilities, and administration. The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)
WBI manages a small secretariat for the Global Development Learning Network (www.gdln.org) which is part of the Bank's strategy to increase its effectiveness through the use of technology. Located in more than 60 countries, some 120 GDLN partners, or Network Affiliates, use advanced distance learning technologies to connect development experts and policy makers around the world, thereby bridging geographical distances cost-effectively. WBI Publications
WBI publishes books, working papers, case studies, and other learning materials that help extend the Institute's reach beyond the classroom. They reflect the topics covered in WBI's thematic programs, and may be produced jointly with collaborating agencies. Development Outreach magazine, published three times a year, presents the views of expert authors from around the world on current topics in development. Articles on complex topics are written in a transparent language accessible to the general reader. Visit:
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi (WBI website)
http://www1.worldbank.org/devoutreach/ (Development Outreach website) Address:
The World Bank Group
1818HSt.N.W.,Washigton, D.C. 20433 U.S.A |
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