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Document Date: 2007/11/01
Document Type: Project Information Document;
Report Number: 55633
Volume No: 1
Total Volume(s): 1
Country: Bolivia;
Region: Latin America & Caribbean;
Disclosure Date: 2010/07/12
Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Doc Name: Bolivia - An Integrated Public Policy Cycle towards Evidence-Based Policymaking to Live Well Project
Keywords: institutional strengthening;Municipalities;poverty and gender;statistical information;geographic information system;Poverty & Inequality;public policy process;
Language: English
Major Sector: Public Administration;
Rel. Proj ID: BO-Strengthening Statistical Capacity And Informational Base For E -- P101336;
Sector: Other Public Administration;
Topics: Public Sector Management; Poverty; Education; Health; Diagnostics;
Historic Topics: Conflict and Development; Private Sector Development; Industry; Health, Nutrition and Population; Education;
Historic SubTopics: Non Governmental Organizations; Health Care Services Industry; Public Sector Management and Reform; Health Service Management and Delivery; Educational Sciences; Inequality; Economics and Institutions;
Unit Owning: Poverty, Gender and Equity Group (LCSPP)
Version Type: Revised concept
Credit No: Q595
Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan
Product Line: IBRD/IDA

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.
Covers initiatives that support data collection, statistical analysis, and evidence-based decision-making across public and private sectors.
Encompasses geographic information systems, mapping, and land information activities used for spatial analysis, planning, and land administration.