Know the World Bank
Why is the World Bank here in the Philippines? What does it do? Who are the people that comprise the institution?

From 10AM to 12noon, one Monday of each month, we invite you to meet the institution that dreams to build a world free of poverty.

Join the two-hour session--with a film show, talk and Q&A--on things you've always wanted to know about the World Bank. Open to students, teachers, NGOs, government, private sector, and the media.

The session will be held at the World Bank Knowledge for Development Center, Ground Floor, The Taipan Place, Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. To find out the schedule and to sign up, contact Cheerly Rosal at telephone 917-3034, or email crosal@worldbank.org.

World Bank Publications
Philippines: Involuntary Resettlement: Policy and Institutional Frameworks, Practices, and Challenges
This study reviews the policy and institutional framework for involuntary resettlement in the Philippines.

Governance Reform: Under Real-World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice
Governance Reform under Real-World Conditions contributes to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It provides a range of theoretical frameworks and innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical or adaptive challenges that impede the success and sustainability of reform efforts.

Governing Mandatory Health Insurance: Learning from Experience
This book considers how five dimensions of governance-coherent decision—making structures, stakeholder participation, transparency and information, supervision and regulation, and consistency and stability—influence the coverage, financial protection, and efficiency of mandatory health insurance entities.

Non-World Bank Publication
World Health Statistics 2008
This book presents the most recent health statistics for WHO’s 193 Member States. It includes 10 highlights in health statistics, as well as an expanded set of over 70 key health indicators. It includes trend data where the statistics are available and of acceptable quality.

Check out the complete list of new acquisitions.

Implementation Completion and Results Reports
Second Social Expenditure Management Project (SEMP2)

Project documents on active and proposed projects are available on our website
Active Projects
Proposed Projects

For more information on World Bank-supported projects and programs in the Philippines, visit our website: www.worldbank.org.ph