Tratados y organismos para los

negocios internacionales
Profesor: Alberto Illingworth Rico

History

Since inception in 1944, the World Bank has expanded from

a single institution to a closely associated group of five
development institutions.

Our mission evolved from the International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) as facilitator of postwar reconstruction and development to the present-day
mandate of worldwide poverty alleviation in close
coordination with our affiliate.

The
International
development
association, and other members of the
World Bank Group, the International
finance
corporation
(IFC),
theMultilateral
Guarantee
Agency
(MIGA), and theInternational Centre for
the Settlement of Investment Disputes
(ICSID).

Is like a cooperative, made up of

188member countries.
They have annual meetings.
The governors delegate specific
duties to 25Executive Directors, who
work on-site at the Bank.

The PresidentJim Yong

Kimchairs meetings of
the Boards of Directors
and is responsible for
overall management of
the Bank.

The
World
Bank
operates
day-to-day
under the leadership
and direction of the
president, management
and senior staff.

To become a member of the Bank, a

country must first join
theInternational Monetary
Fund(IMF).

Mexico, Dec 31, 1945

In recent years, the World Bank has made

important contributions across many areas
to support development results by its
partner countries, as shown in these
selected examples from around the world.

The World Bank helps to promote sustainable

development in partner countries by providing
financing, sharing knowledge, and working with the
public and private sectors. Delivering integrated
solutions
to
help
countries
address
their
development challenges requiresa focus on results.

Activities of World Bank

End extreme poverty by decreasing the

percentage of people living on less than
$1.25 a day to no more than 3%
Promote shared prosperity by fostering the
income growth of the bottom 40% for
every country

Financial Products and Services

These support a wide

array of investments in
such areas as education,
health,
public
administration,
infrastructure,
financial
and
private
sector
development, agriculture,
and environmental and
natural
resource
management.

Financial Products and Services

Some of our projects are cofinanced with

governments,
other
multilateral
institutions, commercial banks, export
credit agencies, and private sector
investors.
We also provide or facilitate financing
through trust fund partnerships with
bilateral and multilateral donors.

Innovative Knowledge Sharing

Support to developing countries through

policy advice, research and analysis, and
technical assistance. World Bank financing
and helps inform developing countries
own investments.
we support capacity development in the
countries we serve.

Innovative Knowledge Sharing

The Bank is constantly seeking to improve

the way it shares its knowledge and
engages with clients and the public at
large.
Priorities
Results
Reform
Open Development