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THE PRESENTATION
MODEL
OF THE WORLD TRADE
THE TWIN TOWER
• 1 WTC ( North Tower)
• 2 WTC (South Tower)
• 110 stories each
• Nearly 10 million square feet of office space for about
35,000 people and 430 companies
• Tallest building in the world.
• On clear day, views extended 45miles from the top of
the towers in every direction.
TWIN TOWER FACTS

• Each weigh more than 250,000 tons

• contained 99 elevators and had 21,800 windows.
• Each floor was an acre in size.
• The complex even had its own zip code: 10048
• WERE COMPLETED IN 1973.
TWIN TOWER FACTS

• February 1993

-A terrorist with links to an Islamic

extremist group detonated explosives in a van
parked underneath the WTC.
- Six people died and thousands were
injured.
TWIN TOWER FACTS

• September 11, 2001

- As part of a series of coordinated suicide

attacks, two planes struck both towers.
- 2,753 victims were killed in the attack on
the WTC.
The Immediate Reaction
POST SEPTEMBER 11
 THE MEMORIAL
• An international design competition was held in 2003 for
selecting the design for a national memorial to remember
and honor the people killed in terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993.
• Design submissions totaled 5,201 and were received from
63 nations.
• The winner of this contest:
“Reflecting Absence" by Michael Arad
Components of “Reflecting Absence”

• Two reflecting pools with the largest man-made

waterfalls in the United States
• Deciduous trees bordering open spaces
• The names of each person who died in both this
attack and the 1993 bombing in bronze panels along
the sides of the pool.
• Memorial pavilion
THE DESIGN
THE DESIGN
INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY
FUND
By: Keren Fuentes
International Monetary
Fund (IMF)

an organization of 189 countries, work to foster

global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability,
facilitate international trade, promote high employment
and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty
around the world.
International Monetary
Fund (IMF)
PRIMARY PURPOSE

Ensure the stability of the international monetary

system—the system of exchange rates and international
payments that enables countries (and their citizens) to
transact with each other.
International Monetary
Fund (IMF)
3 CRITICAL PURPOSE

• furthering international monetary cooperation

• encouraging the expansion of trade and economic

growth

• discouraging policies that would harm prosperity.

International Monetary
Fund (IMF)

The IMF fosters international financial stability by

offering: Policy advice, financial assistance, and
capacity development.
WORLD BANK
BY: RHEALYN GEROCHE
WHAT IS WORLD BANK?
The World Bank is an international organization dedicated to providing
financing, advice, and research to developing nations to aid their
economic advancement.
WORLD BANK
The World Bank has a
mission to reduce the
world’s poverty by
financially helping the
middle- and low-income
countries.
 WORLD BANK

The World Bank is like a These member countries, or shareholders,

are represented by a Board of Governors,
cooperative comprising 189 member
who are the ultimate policymakers at the
countries.
World Bank.
PHILIPPINES’ MEMBERSHIP

The World Bank is proud to have been a

partner of the Philippines for over 7 decades,
mobilizing funding and global knowledge to
support poverty reduction and shared
prosperity.
ABOUT WORLD BANK