International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Running head: ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD BANK MEMBER COUNTRIES
ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD BANK MEMBER COUNTRIES
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ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD BANK MEMBER COUNTRIES1
Executive Summary
This report is based on the analysis of the ways by which the World Bank has affected the
growth of a particular sector of a country. Australia has been chosen as the country and the
retail sector has been chosen for the detailed analysis. The different players in the retail sector
are considered in the analysis. The discussion has depicted that the retail sector of Australia
has been affected in a positive manner by the various steps that have been taken by the World
Bank. The country has also received support related various initiatives that has been taken for
the development of the society at large.

ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD BANK MEMBER COUNTRIES2
Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
About the organization and the country.........................................................................3
Analysis of the activities of the World Bank in improving the infrastructure of the
country........................................................................................................................................4
Improvements that have been made by the country.......................................................5
Management of the related organizations in global context..........................................9
Conclusion....................................................................................................................10
References....................................................................................................................12

ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD BANK MEMBER COUNTRIES3
Introduction
The World Bank is a financial institution which operates on an international basis.
The organization provides loans to the various countries of the world for the purpose of
completing capital projects. The World Bank Group consists of two major institutions like,
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International
Development Association (IDA). The World is considered to be a component of World Bank
Group. The major goal of the World Bank is to reduce poverty from the various countries
which are members of the institution. The World Bank was established in the year 1944 in
the Bretton Woods Conference with the International Monetary Fund or IMF. The president
of World Bank is an American (World Bank. 2018). The IMF and the World Bank are
located in Washington D.C. and they work in a close manner with each other. The two most
powerful nations of the Bretton Woods Conference are the United Kingdom and the United
States. The various negotiations that are made in the conference have been dominated by
these two nations mainly. The World Bank is thereby known in the industry for providing
temporary loans to the low-income based countries of the world. The policies that are related
to the providing of loans can be changes based on the discretion of the Bank itself (World
Bank. 2018).
The report will be based on the analysis of a country which is a member of the World
Bank. The country that is taken into consideration is Australia and the organization that is
considered for this purpose is Woolworths which is an international organization that
operates in the retail sector of the country.
About the organization and the country
Woolworths is an Australian supermarket chain which has more than 950 stores in the
retail sector. The company mainly relies on more than 1,00,000 employees who are members