Series consists of records related to Johnson's responsibilities as Assistant CEO of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Records consist almost exclusively of correspondence addressed to and received from academic institutions,government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research groups, consulting groups, and business leaders. The main topics of the correspondence include information exchange and invitations to conferences and meetings. A speech to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environmental Programme that appears to have been given by Johnson is also included.

From 1985 to 1990, Vinod Dubey participated in over 20 seminars, symposia, and conferences at which he served as lecturer, speaker, panel chairman or member, or commentator. Files were prepared for each engagement. They include key documents, notes, statistical information, and outlines used in Dubey's preparations. The evolution of the Bank, Bank policy, and adjustment lending were frequently the topics of his presentations.

During the period covered by this series, Vinod Dubey served as: Senior Adviser (1984 - 1985) and Director (1986 - 1987) in the Country Policy Department in the Office of Operations Policy, and as Director, Economic Advisory Staff (1987-1990) under the Senior Vice President, Operations. Dubey also served as the first Liaison Officer to the Paris Club during the period 1984 - 1986.

Dubey served several times as: a lecturer for EDI [Economic Development Institute] seminars (1985, 1986, 1988, and 1989); lecturer, panel chairman or panelist for a number of other Bank sponsored seminars and conferences (1985 - 1990); and lecturer for the IMF Institute (1985, 1986, 1988). The file created for a Bank-sponsored symposium in Copenhagen, May 5 - 6, 1987 on economic adjustment and the Third World includes copies of a number of the papers that were presented, including Dubey's paper entitled Ensuring That The Poor Benefit From Improved Policy.

Dubey was also invited to speak at symposia and conferences sponsored by outside organizations including the Foreign Service Institute (1986), the Inter-American Development Bank (1987, 1989), and the Agency for International Development (1987, 1989). The file created for Dubey's Back-to-Office Report of a visit to Japan, January 25 -3 0, 1987 to speak to Japanese officials in seminars on structural adjustment lending includes copies of Dubey's lectures in Japan.

Several files were created for other conferences and symposia sponsored by the Bank and outside organizations which Dubey attended including SVPOP (later OPNSV) retreats (1986, 1988, and 1989) and a Bank/UNICEF meeting on collaboration on adjustment issues (1987). Notes taken by Dubey of discussions at these events are part of the files.

A file titled The Institute Lecture contains a copy of President Clausen's remarks at the Joint Bank-Fund Luncheon, May 25, 1985; Dubey apparently prepared the remarks. The series also includes a file created after Dubey was asked to represent the Bank at the June 5 - 10, 1989 Berne Union Meeting in place of Fred Levy. Separate files (1987 - 1988, 1988 - 1989) were created just for background materials for Dubey's lectures and speeches. The files include copies of Bank documents and publications, IMF publications, reprints of articles on finance and economics, newspaper clippings, and Dubey's handwritten notes.

Series consists of various records maintained by Debrework Zewdie while managing the Bank's HIV/AIDS program and developing its strategic direction. Records included in the series are: reports on Global HIV/AIDS activities and work program (1999- 2003); summaries of internal meetings regarding the Bank's HIV/AIDS portfolio and minutes of a briefing to Bank President Wolfensohn by Zewdie and colleagues on portfolio implementation (2002); action plan on accelerating implementation (2002); draft papers submitted to the Development Committee (2002); and regional AIDS sectoral strategies (2001 - 2002).

The series also contains a small volume of records related to evaluation of the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (2002), World HIV/AIDS Campaign strategy (2002 - 2003) as well as comments on HIV/AIDS project design and other records regarding projects in Brazil (2002), Guinea (2003), and Sri Lanka (no date). There are also individual filesregarding HIV/AIDS treatment projects in Africa (2003), telemedicine (2002), lending numbers (2002), and partnership for social justice with faith groups (2002).

The series includes chronological correspondence, memoranda, and attachments that Frank created or received during his position as division chief, Agriculture Division III, in the Europe, Middle East, and North Africa Region Projects Department (EMPA3). Topics include departmental budget monitoring and the appraisal, finance, and progress of agricultural projects in the EMENA region.

The series consists of chronological correspondence, memoranda, and attachments that Frank created or received during his various positions at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The bulk of the files relate to Frank's work as vice president, IFC Finance and Planning, a position he held from 1987 to 1995. Topics include IFC budgets, accounting, treasury operations, financial planning, and corporate planning.

This series consists of chronological correspondence, memoranda, emails, and attachments from when Frank served as managing director and chairman, Private Sector Development (PSD) Group, 1995 to 1997, plus one folder of congratulatory messages to Frank beginning in November 1994 upon the news of his appointment.

Topics in this series include the overall PSD strategy across the Bank Group, in coordination with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); PSD policy coordination within the Bank Group; Country Assistance Strategies that include Private Sector Strategies; support for "multi-institutional" projects that involve the World Bank, IFC, and MIGA; and lending to large countries and state-owned enterprises.

Among the Bank Group correspondents are senior officials such as President James D. Wolfensohn; MIGA Executive Director Akira Iida; IFC Executive Director Jannik Lindbaek; the Bank's executive directors; and Frank's fellow managing directors, particularly Gautam Kaji and Sven Sandstrom. External recipients include leaders of international businesses, business groups, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and development banks.

The series consists of two overlapping sets of correspondence. The chronological files contain mostly copies of Frank's outgoing general correspondence to internal and external recipients. Copies of correspondence to the President's Office are included in the chronological files and duplicated in a separate group of files in this series labeled "correspondence to the President's Office or signed by the President's Office." Similarly, one file of correspondence with Frank's fellow managing directors contains copies of items that may be duplicated in the chronological files.

Included in the series is one file of "Minutes of President's Meetings," which contains information about meetings in 1995 involving managing directors and regional and central vice presidents. Some are records of meetings held between February and May 1995, while President Lewis T. Preston was on leave and the Bank's managing directors took turns in the role of president-designate. Other minutes in this file relate to meetings led by President Wolfensohn from June to August 1995.

This series consists of chronological correspondence from when Jessica P. Einhorn served as Vice President and Treasurer. The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, notes, and emails. The bulk of the records are communications to or from internal World Bank Group units and staff about financial administration. Correspondents include Managing Director Ernest Stern, Managing Director Attila Karaosmanoglu, and Financial Operations Department (FOD) Director Kenneth Lay. Some correspondence is to or from commercial banking firms and national government treasuries. A small portion of the file labeled Confidential dates from December 1995 to January 1996, when Einhorn was transitioning to the role of managing director.

The series includes chronological correspondence, memoranda, and other records created or received by Geoffrey Lamb while serving as Unit Chief in the Public Sector Management (EMTPM) unit of the shared regional ECA/MENA Technical Department of the Europe and Central Asia Vice Presidency (ECA). The records include memoranda and correspondence primarily between Lamb, ECA Vice President Wilfred Thalwitz, EMTPM staff, ECA Region staff, and Middle East and North Africa Region (MNA) staff. The correspondence and memoranda cover the following topics: ECA and MNA Regional Actions Plans for Technical Assistance (TA); EMTPM organized seminars, workshops, and training sessions; economic sector work (ESW) and Institutional Development Fund (IDF) lending for public sector management projects in the ECA Region; Dutch Trust Fund resources for ECA countries; and EMTPM planning priorities and consultant recruitment. Back-to-office (BTOs) mission reports and Terms of Reference (TORs) are interfiled among correspondence and memoranda. Incoming and outgoing correspondence sent and received by Lamb from individuals and organizations external to the Bank are also included. The chronological correspondence files also consists of sub-files containing: copies of faxes, telex messages, and cables sent to Lamb; travel request records; leave request records; expense reports; timesheets; and performance review records.

This series includes records related to the subject of institutional reform maintained by Geoffrey Lamb when he served as Public Sector Management Adviser for the Public Management Unit (PPDPS) of the Projects Policy Department (PPD). The records include numerous policy papers and reports related to institutional reform, which were produced by PPDPS. Some of the papers and reports are authored by Lamb, including Managing Economic Policy Change: Institutional Dimension published in 1987. Background PPDPS reports on structural adjustment lending and the PPD Tenth Annual Report on Project Implementation and Supervision (1985) are also included.