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World Bank Group
World Bank Group consists of five bodies
IBRD
, IFC and IDA are Specialized Agencies of the UN
ICSID
and
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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
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World Bank Presidents
2019-:
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)
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