World Bank Group - List of Presidents

The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations responsible for providing finance to countries for purposes of development and poverty reduction, and for encouraging and safeguarding international investment. The group and its affiliates are headquartered in Washington, D.C. Together with the separate International Monetary Fund, the World Bank organizations are sometimes called the Bretton Woods institutions, after Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference that led t ...

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• World Bank Group - The Independent Evaluation Group
• World Bank Group - Extractive Industries Review
• World Bank Group - Impact Evaluations
• World Bank Group - Notes
• World Bank Group - List of Presidents
• World Bank Group - List of chief economists

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Together with four affiliated agencies created between 1956 and 1988, the IBRD is part of the World Bank Group. The Group's headquarters are in Washington, D.C.. It is a non-profit-making international organisation owned by member governments. Technically the World Bank is part of the United Nations system, but its governance structure is different: each institution in the World Bank Group is owned by its member governments, which subscribe to its basic share capital, with votes proportional to shareholding. Membership gives certain v ...

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After longstanding criticisms from civil society of the Bank's involvement in the oil, gas, and mining sectors, the World Bank in July 2001 launched an independent review called the Extractive Industries Review (not to be confused with Environmental Impact Report). The review was to take into account the World Bank Group's overall mission of poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable development. The EIR recommendations were published in January 2004 in a final report entitled "Striking a Better Balance",[2] and, concluding th ...

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World Bank Group, World Bank Group - Organizational structure, World Bank Group - World Bank Group agencies, World Bank Group - Presidency, World Bank Group - Goals, World Bank Group - Criticism, World Bank Group - Evaluation at the World Bank, World Bank Group - Social and environmental concerns, World Bank Group - The Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group - Extractive Industries Review, World Bank Group - Impact Evaluations, World Bank Group - Notes, World Bank Group - List of Presidents, World Bank Group - List of chief economists

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Although relied upon by impoverished governments around the world as a contributor of development finance, the World Bank is often and primarily criticised by opponents of corporate "neo-colonial" globalization. These advocates of alter-globalization fault the bank for undermining the national sovereignty of recipient countries through various structural adjustment programs that pursue economic liberali ...

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World Bank Group, World Bank Group - Organizational structure, World Bank Group - World Bank Group agencies, World Bank Group - Presidency, World Bank Group - Goals, World Bank Group - Criticism, World Bank Group - Evaluation at the World Bank, World Bank Group - Social and environmental concerns, World Bank Group - The Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group - Extractive Industries Review, World Bank Group - Impact Evaluations, World Bank Group - Notes, World Bank Group - List of Presidents, World Bank Group - List of chief economists

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The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It provides long term loans, grants, and technical assistance, to help developing countries implement their poverty reduction strategies. As such, World Bank financing is used in many different areas, from reforms in health and education to environmental and infrastructure projects, including dams, roads, and national parks. In addition to financing, the World Bank Group provides advice and assistance to developing countries on al ...

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World Bank Group, World Bank Group - Organizational structure, World Bank Group - World Bank Group agencies, World Bank Group - Presidency, World Bank Group - Goals, World Bank Group - Criticism, World Bank Group - Evaluation at the World Bank, World Bank Group - Social and environmental concerns, World Bank Group - The Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group - Extractive Industries Review, World Bank Group - Impact Evaluations, World Bank Group - Notes, World Bank Group - List of Presidents, World Bank Group - List of chief economists

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World Bank Group - Social and environmental concerns. Throughout the period from 1972 to 1989, the Bank did not conduct its own environmental assessments and did not require assessments for every project that was proposed. Assessments were required only for a varying, small percentage of projects, with the environmental staff, in the early 1970s, sending check-off forms to the borrowers and, in the latter part of the period, ...

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World Bank Group, World Bank Group - Organizational structure, World Bank Group - World Bank Group agencies, World Bank Group - Presidency, World Bank Group - Goals, World Bank Group - Criticism, World Bank Group - Evaluation at the World Bank, World Bank Group - Social and environmental concerns, World Bank Group - The Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank Group - Extractive Industries Review, World Bank Group - Impact Evaluations, World Bank Group - Notes, World Bank Group - List of Presidents, World Bank Group - List of chief economists

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