Group Overviews
L. Jones
The World Bank Group: The role of the World Bank is to provide loans, policy and economic and technical advice and assistance and "knowledge sharing services" to poor and economically imperiled countries. It is a United Nations agency Made up of 184 member nations. These nations both are responsible for financing and spending (loaning) World Bank funds. http://www.worldbank.org/
The United Nations Development Programme: the UNDP uses its global members to forward the agenda of the United Nations in the areas of "democratic governance," reduction of poverty, prevention of, and recovery from crisis events, advice and knowledge sharing and assistance on energy and environmental issues, as well as knowledge sharing and assistance on HIV and Aids prevention. http://www.undp.org/
The International Monetary Fund:
The IMF is an organization of 184 member countries that seek to cooperate in matters of global monetary issues, trade, employment, and poverty reduction worldwide. It also focuses on trade and exchange stability, as well as offers temporary financial assistance to "help ease balance of payments adjustment. http://www.imf.org/
The United Nations conference on Trade and Development: The UNCTAD is a UN group that focuses on issues of trade and development -- specifically dealing with finance, technology, investments, and sustainable development.
It organizes information exchange between world governments as well as deliberations and debate aimed at "consensus building" on these issues. The organization specifically conducts research, analyses of policy, as well as data collection to facilitate this process. http://www.unctad.org
International Labour Organization:
The ILO is a UN agency that is concerned with social justice and human and labor rights. It puts forward international labor standards in its conventions and recommendations including issues of human rights (association, freedom from forced labor, equal opportunity, etc.). It also provides technical assistance in vocational training, employment policy, labor administration and law, working conditions, management, co-ops, social security, and labor statistics and occupational safety. http://www.ilo.org
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