HISTORY

• THE 1944 BRETTON WOODS

CONFERENCE ESTABLISHED
WORLD BANK
• INITIALLY IT HAD 38 MEMBER
COUNTRIES
• BEGAN OPERATIONS IN JUNE
1946
• IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH
SALE OF BONDS
• CONSISTS OF FIVE
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
President

Board of Governors

Board of Executive Directors

Board Committee

Development committee
OBJECTIVES

• RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
• ENCOURAGEMENT TO CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
• ENCOURAGEMENT TO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE TIME
ECONOMY
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

• MAINTENANCE OF EQUILIBRIUM
OF BALANCE OF PAYMENT
FUTURE GOALS
• IT WANTS NO MORE THAN 3% OF
PEOPLE TO LIVE ON $1.90 A DAY OR
LESS BY 2030
• IT WANTS TO IMPROVE INCOMES
OF THE BOTTOM 40% OF THE
POPULATION IN EACH COUNTRY.
• HELP COUNTRIES PROTECT THEIR
ENVIRONMENT
CHALLENGES
• POPULATION GROWTH
• ELIMINATION OF GLOBAL
POVERTY
• GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY
• AID TO EDUCATION
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