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Managing Director of the World Bank; Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) First interim World Bank Group president born outside United States First World Bank Group president born in Europe First World Bank Group president from Germany: 9 James Wolfensohn: June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2005 United States [a]
On September 27, 2016, Kim was reappointed as the World Bank president, for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2017. [49] On January 7, 2019, Kim announced that he would step down as president, effective February 1, 2019. [50] It was announced that he would be joining Global Infrastructure Partners after departing the World Bank presidency. [51]
Caroline D. Anstey (born 7 November 1955) was appointed as managing director of the World Bank in September 2011, with special responsibility for the World Bank's operational services, policy and systems, and its overall modernization drive [1] and gender issues.
The World Bank Institute is the capacity development branch of the World Bank, providing learning and other capacity-building programs to member countries. The IBRD has 189 member governments, and the other institutions have between 153 and 184. [2] The institutions of the World Bank Group are all run by a board of governors meeting once a year ...
The World Bank was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The president of the World Bank is traditionally an American. [12] The World Bank and the IMF are both based in Washington, D.C., and work closely with each other.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
France’s Emmanuel Macron: The leader of the U.S.’s oldest ally is the only remaining European leader on the United Nations Security Council who was in office alongside Trump during his first term.
Woods was first called to the World Bank by Eugene Black, the World Bank's president from 1949 to 1962, who was an old associate and friend from Harris, Forbes. [1] While at the World Bank, Black had asked him to help out on special assignments for the bank. [1] [3] [4] Woods had thereby become familiar with the workings of the World Bank. [1]