Sara Margalit Aviel, of California, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years, vice Ana M.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate

They are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

BBC: What is the World Bank?

The World Bank was established in 1944, at a conference on postwar reconstruction in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where representatives of more than forty nations agreed to create two new institutions: the International Monetary Fund, which was charged with guaranteeing stability in global currency markets, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which was charged with raising money for the rebuilding of Europe.

NEWYORKER: The Next Crusade

For example, in early 1990, Japan strongly opposed Soviet observer status in the International Monetary Fund, and opposed Soviet membership and borrowing privileges in the new European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Excerpts From An Interview With Roger W. Robinson, Jr.

Unfortunately, with the imminent creation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the prospect of large-scale international lending to the Soviet Union is looming.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center Applauds Bush Opposition On Loans To Moscow

This comprehensive analysis of Soviet economic prospects and how the West might best support putative efforts toward systemic reform in the USSR has been jointly conducted by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the newly established European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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