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The World Bank Group, the IMF and Human Rights by Willem van Genugten
Call Number: 342.7 HEIA 108615
Publication Date: 2015-03-31
The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund are under substantial pressure to accept more accountability under international human rights law. This publication sets out the standards by which these international financial institutions are bound under international human rights law as it currently stands.

Introduction

The World Bank has been created in 1944, at the Bretton Woods conference. It provides loans to developing countries.

The World Bank group is made up of 5 institutions:
- the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- the International Development Association (IDA)
- the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Classification

332.15: International Banks. World Bank. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

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