The purpose of these Guidelines is to define the Bank's policies and procedures for selecting, contracting, and monitoring consultants required for projects that are financed in whole or in part by loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), credits or grants from the International Development Association (IDA), or grants from the Bank or trust funds administered by the Bank and executed by the beneficiary.

This work provides a book-length analysis of the rules by which the government enters the marketplace to procure goods and services. It will be of use not only to the experienced public contract attorney but also to those practitioners who represent businesses invovled with the government as either prime or subcontractors.