The World Bank research program seeks to improve the design of Bank-financed projects, and programs to increase the effectiveness of aid, and improve recognition of emerging problems, in a responsive manner to crises. Moreover, this program supports policy-oriented research in developing, and transition economies, by assisting in the development of research capacity in member countries, as well as improving the Bank's own advisory role capacity. The report is the annual compendium of current Bank research (FY00), with abstracts covering 173 research projects, grouped as follows: 1) poverty, and social welfare, including equity, demographics, and health/nutrition
2) education and labor markets
3) environmentally sustainable development, including energy, agriculture, natural resources, and environmental economics
4) infrastructure, and urban development
5) macroeconomics, including adjustment, monetary, and fiscal policy
6) international economics, including debt, trade, and finance
7) domestic finance, and capital markets
8) transition economies
and, 9) private sector development, and public sector management, including regulation, institutions, privatization, political economy, and industrial organization. The appendix lists reports, and publications produced from Bank research.