The World Bank is deeply involved in efforts to assist countries emerging from conflict as well as those struggling to deal with natural disasters. The World Bank is helping the poorest countries reduce their debts to manageable levels, and is increasingly focusing its efforts on building efficient and accountable public sector institutions. But in many of the world's poorest countries, progress on poverty reduction and sustainable development is lagging. Whether looked at from the social or the economic or the moral perspective, development is a challenge one cannot afford to ignore. There are not two worlds, there is one world.
All humans breathe the same air.
All share the same environment. All have the same health problems. AIDS is not a problem that stops at borders. Crime does not stop at borders. Drugs do not stop at borders.