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Document Date: 2008/07/08
Document Type: Project Information Document;
Report Number: AB3551
Volume No 1
Total Volume(s) 1
Country: Angola;
Region: Africa;
Disclosure Date: 2010/07/01
Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Doc Name: Angola - Water Sector Institutional Development Project
Keywords: Governance and Accountability Action Plan;urban water supply and sanitation;water supply and sanitation system;access to safe drinking water;Gross National Income Per... See More +
Language: English
Major Sector: Water, Sanitation and Waste Management;
Rel. Proj ID: AO-Water Sector Institutional Development -- P096360;
Sector: Other Water Supply, Sanitation and Waste Management ; Sanitation ; Water Supply;
Topics: Sanitation; Water; Poverty; Water Supply; Water Supply and Sanitation;
Historic Topics: Water Supply and Sanitation; Water Resources; Environment;
Historic SubTopics: Sanitation and Sewerage; Engineering; Water and Human Health; Hydrology; Water Supply and Sanitation Economics; Sanitary Environmental Engineering; Small Private Water Supply Providers; Environmental Engineering; Health and Sanitation; Inequality; Town Water Supply and Sanitation;
Unit Owning: AFT: Urban/Water Anglophone (AFTU1)
Version Type: Revised
Credit No: Q562
Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan

The World Bank (USA) is part of an international financial agency that makes loans and grants to governments in low- and middle-income countries to fund capital projects. The United States was a driving force behind the founding of the World Bank in 1944 and it is still the World Bank's largest shareholder today.
The United States contributes to tackling critical international development concerns through the World Bank Group and has a long history of generously supporting the objectives of the World Bank Group and has been a champion of the International Development Association (IDA) which provides low-interest loans and grants to the world's poorest countries. The key U.S. priorities at the World Bank include a multilateral health and economic response to COVID-19, debt sustainability and transparency, promoting governance and fighting corruption, ending energy poverty and supporting a strong emphasis on accountability, transparency and development impact.
Supports initiatives that ensure access to safe water, sanitation systems, and hygiene services to improve public health and living conditions.
Focuses on strengthening institutional capacity, improving performance, and supporting organizational change and sustainability.