Dr Richard Hopper

Lending Lending operations
operations
• Lending Lending to national national governments governments is the
core mechanism mechanism through through which the
World Bank operates operates
– The Bank also conducts conducts studies, studies, dialogue, dialogue,
strategy strategy development, development, and provides provides
technical technical assistance
assistance
• Yet there are also various grant mechanisms mechanisms at
the Bank’s disposal disposal to achieve achieve its mandate mandate of
poverty poverty reduction reduction and capacity capacity building building for
development
development
– Lending Lending requires requires the Bank to work with nation
states and has limitations limitations that complicate complicate multicountry,country,
regional, regional, or global initiatives initiatives that are
important important to expanding expanding global public goods