UN System Documentation

World Bank Group

• World Bank Group consists of five bodies
  • IBRD, IFC and IDA are Specialized Agencies of the UN
  • ICSID and MIGA are not Specialized Agencies
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) called World Bank
  • United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 1-22 July 1944
  • Proceedings and Documents (non-UN source)
  • Specialized Agency relationship agreement IBRD and UN: 16 UNTS 341
• International Finance Corporation (IFC, 1956)
  • Specialized Agency relationship agreement IFC and UN: 265 UNTS 312
• International Development Association (IDA, 1960)
  • Specialized Agency relationship agreement IDA and UN: 394 UNTS 221
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID, 1966)
  • Established by Convention on the settlement of investment disputes between States and nationals of other States (1966)
  • 575 UNTS 159
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA, 1988)
  • Established by Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (1988)
  • 1508 UNTS 99
• Articles of Agreement
• Governing Bodies
  • Board of Governors
    • Appointed by World Bank members
    • Meets annually
    • Annual joint meeting with Board of Governors of IMF
  • Boards of Directors
    • Separate Boards for IBRD, IDA, IFC and MIGA
• Flagship publications
  • Global Economic Prospects
  • World Development Report
  • World Development Indicators
• Data
• Library (IMF and World Bank Group)
• Digital Repository
• World Bank Presidents
  • 2023-: Ajay Banga (United States of America)
  • 2019-2023: David R. Malpass (United States of America)
  • 2012-2019: Jim Yong Kim (United States of America)
  • 2007-2012: Robert B. Zoellick (United States of America) 
  • 2005-2007: Paul Wolfowitz (United States of America)
  • 1995- 2005: James D. Wolfensohn (United States of America)
    • Biography: Finance & Development, vol. 32, No. 2, p. 3, UN Library (NY) call no.: IMF(05)/F8
  • 1991-1995: Lewis T. Preston (United States of America)
    • Biography: Finance & Development, vol. 32, No. 2, p. 1, UN Library (NY) call no.: IMF(05)/F8
  • 1986-1991: Barber B. Conable (United States of America)
  • 1981-1986: Alden W. Clausen (United States of America)
    • Press release BIO/1806-IB/4477 [1981]
  • 1968-1981: Robert S. McNamara (United States of America)
  • 1963-1968: George D. Woods (United States of America)
  • 1949-1962: Eugene R. Black (United States of America)
  • 1947-1949: John Jay McCloy (United States of America)
  • 1946: Eugene Meyer (United States of America)