The Social Development Group at the World Bank seeks to empower poor people by increasing their social assets and capacities. It also aims to promote inclusive institutions, thereby increasing poor peoples’ opportunities for more secure livelihoods, ultimately creating more inclusive, equitable and just societies.
Social development contributes to increased development effectiveness and helps projects, programs and policies better meet their goals and objectives. The Social Development Group is also actively engaged in collaboration with staff in other networks of the World Bank in order to ensure that the social dimensions of sustainable development are taken into account in projects and programmes.