1 Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parra Antonio R
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
International Finance ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Intergovernmental Organizations ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
International Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Bank Group

This introductory chapter provides brief descriptions of the World Bank Group of intergovernmental organizations, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes itself, as of June 30, 2010 (the end of the organizations’ 2010 fiscal year). It covers the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, International Development Association and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. An overview of the subsequent chapters is also presented.

The World Bank Group

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Blough
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
International Finance ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
International Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Bank Group

The World Bank Group consists of three closely affiliated intergovernmental institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter referred to as the Bank, IBRD, or the World Bank), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the International Development Association (IDA). These institutions are the chosen multilateral instruments of governments for providing external capital on a global basis to help finance the development of the world's low-income countries

The Real World: The Pangue Hydro Project Revisited

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Winthrop
Keyword(s):  
International Finance ◽  
World Bank ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
Hydroelectric Project ◽  
Power Company ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Bank Group ◽  
Hydro Project ◽  
Term Benefit

In a past column I reported on the controversy surrounding the construction of the Pangue Hydroelectric Project by the Chilean power company ENDESA, an undertaking funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group (see Practicing Anthropology 19(4): 35-36, Fall 1997). That column focussed on the experience of anthropologist Theodore Downing, who was retained by the IFC to evaluate the Pehuen Foundation, an organization established to channel a portion of revenues from the Pangue Project for the long-term benefit of the indigenous Pehuenche communities affected by the dam.

Unveiling the Theoretical Mistakes in the World Bank Formation and its Implication on Survival of Africa Monetary Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Olatunji Abdul Shobande ◽  
Kingsley Chinonso Mark
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Bank Group ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Developed Nations

Abstract The quest for urgent solution to resolve the world liquidity problem has continued to generate enthusiastic debates among political economists, policy makers and the academia. The argument has focused on whether the World Bank Group was established to enhance the stability of international financial system or meant to enrich the developed nations. This study argues that the existing political interest of the World Bank Group in Africa may serve as lesson learned to other ambitious African Monetary Union.

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