ASTANA. Oct 23 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - World Bank representatives have discussed in Kazakhstan the possibility of carrying out joint social and structural projects, especially those aimed at improving social security and government management in the country. World Bank Vice President for European and Central Asian countries Johannes Linn has reported after a meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev that the World Bank would also fund projects aimed at preserving the national forest fund and water supply. Linn said the World Bank intends to back reforms in Kazakhstan by giving loans and investment credits to it. The vice-president admitted that Kazakhstan, as other regional countries, has been adversely affected by the prices of raw materials, oil and cotton included, cut because of the acts of terror in the U.S. on September 11. However, after seeing on the spot what is going on in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan, he pledged to report to the World Bank European office that the situation in the region was "normal and calm," Linn said. He believes that Kazakhstan and other CIS countries are capable of withstanding the pressure being caused by slower economic growth in other countries. Kazakhstan became a World Bank member in 1992. Since then, the republic has received from the World Bank loans worth $1.88 billion for carrying out 23 projects, nine of which have been completed and five are to be implemented by the end of this year.