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Under the terms of the Bretton Woods Agreement, also known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) were established simultaneously. In December 1945, both organizations were formally established. The World Bank and The World Bank, which has its headquarters in Washington, DC, has 189 members in total. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • World Bank Group The World Bank’s two institutions comprise IBRD and IDA whereas the World Bank Group consists of five organizations in total, all of which share a commitment to eradicating poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. These 5 institutions are: • IBRD- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development • IDA- The International Development Association • IFC- The International Finance Corporation • MIGA- The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency • ICSID- The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) IBRD was founded as one of the Bretton Woods Institutions in 1944 to aid in the post-World War II reconstruction of Europe. While Europe’s economy quickly recovered and got back on track, IBRD changed its focus to other areas. The IBRD is now concentrating on middle-income and developing nations. Focusing on middle-income poorer nations was primarily done to encourage sustainable and equitable growth, reduce poverty, and deal with regi...

“The priestly leaders of the Parsis were brought before the local ruler, Jadhav Rana, who presented them with a vessel full of milk to signify that the surrounding lands could not possibly accommodate any more people. The Parsi head priest responded by slipping some sugar into the milk to signify how the strangers would enrich the local community without displacing them. They would dissolve into life like sugar dissolves in the milk, sweetening the society but not unsettling it. The ruler responded to the eloquent image and granted the exiles land and permission to practice their religion unhindered if they would respect local customs, and learn the local language, Gujarati.” —Parsi Legend ________________ About Migration is a development challenge. About 184 million people—2.3 percent of the world’s population—live outside of their country of nationality. Almost half of them are in low- and middle-income countries. But what lies ahead? As the world struggles to cope with global economic imbalances, diverging demographic trends, and climate change, migration will become a necessity in the decades to come for countries at all levels of income. If managed well, migration can be a force for prosperity and can help achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. World Development Report 2023 proposes an integrated framework to maximize the development impacts of cross-border movements on both destination and origin countries and on migrants and refugees themselves. ...

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Overview The World Bank was established in 1946 to provide long-term assistance for economic development. It mobilizes funds contributed by member governments and raised in capital markets to lend to developing countries. Although the World Bank is technically an agency of the United Nations system, in reality it is independent and has separate sources of finance. The World Bank provides loans while other UN agencies generally provide grants. The World Bank is the world’s largest multilateral development agency. In 1996, the World Bank made approximately 250 new loan commitments to low- and middle-income nations, for a total of $21.4 billion. By comparison, the U.S. Agency for International Development provided $5.8 billion in development and humanitarian assistance to such countries. What is generally known as the World Bank consists of two institutions with different lending programs: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The IBRD provides about two-thirds of total loans to middle-income countries at near-market interest rates. IDA provides the remaining loans at very low interest rates to low-income countries. The World Bank makes two types of loans: those for projects ranging from infrastructure, agriculture and industrial development, and health and educational services, and others for reform of economic policies, or “structural adjustment.” Neither category is sufficiently focused on pov...

• The World Bank is a group of five multilateral institutions that aim to eradicate global poverty. • The bank has been criticized as foisting free-market ideology on developing countries. • China and other large emerging economies have in recent years set up alternative institutions to provide a competing source of financing to developing countries. The World Bank Group is a family of five multilateral institutions focused on economic development whose overarching mission is global poverty reduction. Established by Western powers in 1944, the World Bank was originally tasked with rebuilding the economies of postwar Europe. More than seventy years later, it has expanded its reach into nearly all of the world’s developing countries. Today the bank maintains more than 2,600 projects. Since April 2019, the bank has been led by former U.S. Treasury Department official and Wall Street economist David Malpass. A longtime critic of the bank, Malpass took over after the previous president, American public health expert Jim Yong Kim, unexpectedly stepped down. By tradition, an American has always led the bank, leading some observers to argue that the institution, which largely serves the developing world, is too dominated by the West. Others, including Malpass himself at times, suggest the bank has outlived its usefulness altogether, citing the increase in private capital flows available to developing countries. Supporters of the bank contend that it contributes to global economic ...

Introduction President Bill Clinton has recommended that the United States give more money to institutions like the 2 This is about $100 million more than was requested for the last fiscal year. Spending more on the World Bank ignores the overwhelming evidence that its programs have done little to promote economic growth in less developed countries. Moreover, it ignores the economic lessons of what really causes countries to develop. Since its founding in 1944, the World Bank has been involved in over 165 countries. The Bank argues that less developed countries stand little chance to prosper economically without substantial subsidized loans from the developed world. It further contends that it is uniquely positioned to meet this challenge and that it must continue to transfer capital to poor countries. The World Bank is wrong. The data show that most long-term recipients of World Bank money are no better off today then they were when they received their first loan. Many are actually worse off. Consider the following: • Of the 66 less developed countries receiving money from the World Bank for more than 25 years (most for more than 30 years), 37 are no better off today than they were before they received such loans. • Of these 37 countries, most (20 in all) actually are poorer today than they were before receiving aid from the Bank. Former less developed countries that have prospered over the past 30 years did so by freeing up the productive forces of their economies. The b...

What is IDA? The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. Established in 1960, IDA aims to reduce poverty by providing zero to low-interest loans (called “credits”) and grants for programs that boost economic growth, reduce inequalities, and improve people’s living conditions. The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. Established in 1960, IDA aims to reduce poverty by providing zero to low-interest loans (called “credits”) and grants for programs that boost economic growth, reduce inequalities, and improve people’s living conditions. IDA complements the World Bank’s original lending arm—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). IDA supports a range of development activities that pave the way toward equality, economic growth, job creation, higher incomes, and better living conditions.IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 75 poorest countries and is the single largest source of donor funds for basic social services in these countries. IDA lends money on concessional terms. This means that IDA credits have a zero or very low interest charge and repayments are stretched over 30 to 40 years. More than half of IDA countries receive all, or half, of their IDA resources on grant terms, which carry no repayments at all. These grants are targeted to the low-income countries at higher...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The World Bank’s motto of “Working for a World Free of Poverty” has garnered the institution consistent backlash throughout the years for its role in exacerbating critical conditions for locals in developing countries. Established in 1944, Like many international institutions, organizations, or any all-encompassing networks, the World Bank’s development projects have sometimes resulted in devastating consequences. From environmental disasters due to resource extraction to forcefully relocating indigenous peoples, the World Bank has earned a reputation as causing more insecurity and harm for individuals who already experience significant suffering and hardship as is. A recent revelation addressed by The World Bank attempted to remedy this error by drafting a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) – which would include reparations, active support and aid for the residents who have been forcibly evicted – yet the Badia East residents were not shown the contents of the draft itself. And now, those same residents are still waiting for their compensation package a year later and the World Bank has not made any active steps to reconcile the situation. It should be emphasized that forced evictions are illegal are under international law. Shock Wave The World Bank was initially formed by 44 nations in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference following World War II. The goal was to rebuild the economy and infrastructure that has been torn apart by the war. It was only in the ...