Includes bibliographical references and index.

World Bank Group Mission Statement -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. How the World Bank Group Is Organized -- Governance of the World Bank Group -- The Five World Bank Group Institutions -- Organizing Principles -- Relationship to the IMF and the United Nations -- Ch. 3. How the World Bank Group Operates -- Strategies -- Policies and Procedures -- The Bank Group's Finances -- Products and Services -- World Bank Project Cycle -- IFC Project Cycle -- Partnerships -- Staff, Consultants, and Vendors -- Ch. 4. World Bank Group Countries and Regions -- Member Countries -- Africa (Sub-Saharan) -- East Asia and the Pacific -- South Asia -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Ch. 5. Topics in Development -- Agriculture and Rural Development -- Aid Effectiveness -- Combating Corruption -- Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction -- Debt Relief -- Economic Research and Data -- Education -- Empowerment and Participation -- Energy and Mining -- Environment -- Financial Sector -- Gender -- Globalization -- Governance and the Public Sector -- Health, Nutrition, and Population -- Indigenous Peoples -- Information and Communication Technologies -- Infrastructure -- Labor and Social Protection -- Law and Justice -- Poverty -- Private Sector Development -- Social Development -- Sustainable Development -- Trade -- Transportation -- Urban Development -- Water -- App. A. Contacting the World Bank Group -- App. B. Timeline of World Bank Group History -- App. C. Presidents of the World Bank Group -- App. D. Country Membership in World Bank Group Institutions -- App. E. Constituencies of the Executive Directors -- App. F. World Bank Sectors.