World Bank and the Poorest Countries: Support for Development in the 1990s

摘要

Reducing poverty is the greatest challenge facing the world today. Progress hasbeen made over the last generation in improving living standards in the poorest countries, but over a billion people still struggle in absolute poverty. Helping those people to climb out of poverty lies at the very core of development--and is critical of the well-being of us all. Over the past three decades, the International Development Association (IDA)--the World Bank's concessional financing arm--has become the centerpiece of the international effort to reduce poverty. Between July 1990 and June 1993, IDA gave special emphasis to helping the poorest countries invest in their people, improve their economic management, and protect their environment. In short, IDA was instrumental in helping to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. The report summarizes those efforts.