Development Committee

FAQs - World Bank

Revised July 2009

What is the World Bank?
What are the agencies of the World Bank and what do they do?
Who owns the World Bank?
How is the World Bank governed?
Who makes decisions at the World Bank?
How is the World Bank held to account, or is it?
Who is the head of the World?
How is this person selected?
How is the World Bank funded?

How much has Canada contributed to the World Bank?
What kind of loans does the World Bank make?
What are “structural adjustment” policies?
Why do developing countries agree to these harsh economic measures?
What are the impacts of these policies?
So how is the Bank doing at “alleviating poverty”?
Who, then, benefits from World Bank projects and policies?
Why pressure the World Bank?

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