Operations Manual

Operations Manual
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Operations Manual
Operations Manual
This Operations Manual contains the operational policies, directives, procedures and other instructions to staff that apply to Bank operations. The Manual is organized according to instrument – country engagement, development policy financing, investment project financing, program-for-results financing, and advisory services and analytics (including reimbursable advisory services).
Clicking by instrument type will display the relevant policies, OPs, directives, and BPs for that instrument. Other relevant policies and directives are grouped under that heading for each instrument.
Country Engagement
WBGDirective: CountryEngagement
Other Relevant Policies/Directives
Bank Policy: Access to Information
OP 1.00 - Poverty Reduction
OP 4.20 - Gender and Development
BP 4.20 - Gender and Development
OP 13.60 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Development Policy Financing
Bank Policy: Development Policy Financing
BP 8.60 - Development Policy Financing
Other Relevant Policies/Directives
Bank Policy: Access to Information
Bank Policy: Operational Policy Waivers
IDA Directive: Recommitment of IDA Resources
OP 1.00 - Poverty Reduction
Bank Policy: Development Cooperation and Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
Bank Policy: Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank Financing
Bank Directive: Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank Financing
​OP 4.20 - Gender and Development
BP 4.20 - Gender and Development
Bank Policy: Choice of Borrower and Contractual Agreements
Bank Policy: Security Arrangements
OP 7.30 - Dealings with De Facto Governments
OP 7.40 - Disputes over Defaults on External Debt, Expropriation, and Breach of Contract
BP 7.40 - Disputes over Defaults on External Debt, Expropriation, and Breach of Contract
OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways
BP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways
OP 7.60 - Projects in Disputed Areas
BP 7.60 - Projects in Disputed Areas
OP 8.00 - Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies
OP 10.20 - Global Environment Facility Operations
BP 10.20 - Global Environment Facility Operations
OP 13.60 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Bank Policy: External Debt Reporting and Financial Statements
Bank Directive: External Debt Reporting and Financial Statements
Bank Policy: Co-financing
Bank Policy: Trust Funds
Investment Project Financing
Bank Policy: Investment Project Financing
Bank Directive: Investment Project Financing
Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants
Anti-Corruption Guidelines for World Bank Guarantee and Carbon Finance Transactions
Environmental and Social Policies
Bank Directive: Environmental and Social Directive for Investment Project Financing
Bank Directive: Addressing Risks and Impacts on Disadvantaged or Vulnerable Individuals or Groups
OP 4.00 - Piloting the Use of Borrower Systems to Address Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues in Bank-Supported Projects
OP 4.00 - Table A1 - Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies - Policy Objectives and Operational Principles
BP 4.00 - Piloting the Use of Borrower Systems to Address Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues in Bank-Supported Projects
OP 4.01 - Environmental Assessment
OP 4.01 - Annex A - Definitions
OP 4.01 - Annex B - Content of an Environmental Assessment Report for a Category A Project
OP 4.01 - Annex C - Environmental Management Plan
​BP 4.01 - Environmental Assessment
BP 4.01 Annex A - Application of EA to Dam and Reservoir Projects
BP 4.01 Annex B - Application of EA to Projects Involving Pest Management
OP 4.02 - Environmental Action Plans
BP 4.02 - Environmental Action Plans
OP 4.03 - Performance Standards for Private Sector Activites
BP 4.03 - Performance Standards for Private Sector Activities
OP 4.04 - Natural Habitats
OP 4.04 Annex A - Definitions
BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats
OP 4.09 - Pest Management
OP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples
OP 4.10 - Annex A - Social Assessment
OP 4.10 - Annex B - Indigenous Peoples Plan
OP 4.10 - Annex C - Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework
BP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples
OP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources
BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources
OP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement
OP 4.12 Annex A - Involuntary Resettlement Instructions
BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement
OP 4.36 - Forests
OP 4.36 Annex A - Definitions
BP 4.36 - Forests
OP 4.37 - Safety of Dams
BP 4.37 - Safety of Dams
BP 4.37 Annex A - Dam Safety Reports: Content and Timing
Procurement Policies
Bank Policy - Procurement in IPF and Other Operational Procurement Matters
Bank Directive - Procurement in IPF and Other Operational Procurement Matters
Bank Procedure - Procurement in IPF and Other Operational Procurement Matters
The World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers
Other Relevant Policies/Directives
Bank Policy: Access to Information
Bank Policy: Operational Policy Waivers
IDA Directive: Recommitment of IDA Resources
OP 1.00 - Poverty Reduction
Bank Policy: Development Cooperation and Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
Bank Policy: Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank Financing
Bank Directive: Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank Financing
​OP 4.20 - Gender and Development
BP 4.20 - Gender and Development
OP 4.76 - Tobacco
Bank Policy: Choice of Borrower and Contractual Agreements
Bank Policy: Security Arrangements
OP 7.30 - Dealings with De Facto Governments
OP 7.40 - Disputes over Defaults on External Debt, Expropriation, and Breach of Contract
BP 7.40 - Disputes over Defaults on External Debt, Expropriation, and Breach of Contract
OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways
BP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways
OP 7.60 - Projects in Disputed Areas
BP 7.60 - Projects in Disputed Areas
OP 8.00 - Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies
OP 10.20 - Global Environment Facility Operations
BP 10.20 - Global Environment Facility Operations
OP 13.60 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Bank Policy: External Debt Reporting and Financial Statements
Bank Directive: External Debt Reporting and Financial Statements
Bank Policy: Co-financing
Bank Policy: Trust Funds
Program-for-Results Financing
Bank Policy: Program-for-Results Financing
Bank Directive: Program-for-Results Financing
​Guidelines​ on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Program-for-Results Financing
Other Relevant Policies/Directives
Bank Policy: Access to Information
Bank Policy: Operational Policy Waivers
IDA Directive: Recommitment of IDA Resources
OP 1.00 - Poverty Reduction
Bank Policy: Development Cooperation and Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
Bank Policy: Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank Financing
Bank Directive: Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank Financing
​OP 4.20 - Gender and Development
BP 4.20 - Gender and Development
Bank Policy: Choice of Borrower and Contractual Agreements
Bank Policy: Security Arrangements
OP 7.30 - Dealings with De Facto Governments
OP 7.40 - Disputes over Defaults on External Debt, Expropriation, and Breach of Contract
BP 7.40 - Disputes over Defaults on External Debt, Expropriation, and Breach of Contract
OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways
BP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways
OP 7.60 - Projects in Disputed Areas
BP 7.60 - Projects in Disputed Areas
OP 8.00 - Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies
OP 10.20 - Global Environment Facility Operations
BP 10.20 - Global Environment Facility Operations
OP 13.60 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Bank Policy: External Debt Reporting and Financial Statements
Bank Directive: External Debt Reporting and Financial Statements
Bank Policy: Co-financing
Bank Policy: Trust Funds
Advisory Services and Analytics (including RAS)
OP 8.40 - Technical Assistance
Bank Directive: Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS)
Bank Policy: Access to Information
Bank Policy: Operational Policy Waivers
Other Relevant Policies/Directives
Bank Policy: Trust Funds