THE world bank annual report 2009
CONTENTS
CD-ROM Contents
Message from the President of the World Bank Group and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors
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Year in Review
The Board of Executive Directors
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Remuneration of Executive Management, Executive Directors, and Staff
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World Bank Group Fiscal Year Highlights
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1 Innovative Initiatives to Mitigate Global Crises and Expand Ongoing Operations
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2 World Bank Action in the Field Africa East Asia and Pacific South Asia Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa
27 30 34 38 42 46 50
3 Fiscal Year Summary
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Financial Statements New Operations Approved Lending Data Income by Region Organizational Information World Bank Lending 2009 (PowerPoint presentation) The CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the book in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Note: The complete Financial Statements, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis and audited financial statements of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association, are published on the CD-ROM enclosed with this report. This Annual Report is also available on the Internet at http://www.worldbank.org. All dollar amounts used in this Annual Report are current U.S. dollars unless otherwise specified. As a result of rounding, numbers in tables may not add to totals and percentages in figures may not add to 100. Throughout this report, the terms “World Bank” and “Bank” refer to IBRD and IDA. “World Bank Group” refers collectively to IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID.
THE WORLD BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2009
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