WORLD BANK

Question 1

__ form the World Bank, which provides financing, policy advice, and technical assistance to governments of developing countries

Answer 1

• International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD)
• International Development Association (IDA)

Question 2

World bank consists of ?? institution:

Answer 2

5
* International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
* International Development Association (IDA)
* International Finance Corporation (IFC)
* Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
* International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

Question 3

WB is an observer at the

Answer 3

United Nations Development Group (UNSDG)

Question 4

HQ

Answer 4

is headquartered in Washington, D.C., in the United States

Question 5

President of the World Bank Group

Answer 5

David Malpass

Question 6

WHo was appointed Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer ?

Answer 6

Anshula Kant

Question 7

Who is the World Bank’s Country Director for India?

Answer 7

Auguste Tano Kouamé

Question 8

Members

Answer 8

189

Question 9

How was IMF and IMBD formed?

Answer 9

Bretton Woods Conference

in July 1944 at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, USA

Question 10

Another name for Bretton Woods conference

Answer 10

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference

Question 11

To be a member of IBRD, a nation has to first subscribe to membership of the

Answer 11

IMF

Question 12

Whichbank performs the task of, as the two words in its name, reconstruction and development?

Answer 12

IBRD

Question 13

Who is the largest borrower from the World Bank (IBRD + IDA)?

Answer 13

India
(Mudi ji jindabaad)

Question 14

World Bank assistance in India started in

Answer 14

1948

when funding for the Agricultural Machinery Project was approved

Question 15

Who provides loans and grants to poor countries at a very low interest rate, almost zero, and the tenure of loans is very long?

Answer 15

International Development Association (IDA)

in 1960

Question 16

?? works to bring development to member nations through promotion and investment in the ““private sector only””

Answer 16

The International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, (IFC)

was established in 1956

Question 17

IFC’s single-largest country exposure is

Answer 17

India
(Mudi Ji Jindabaad)

Question 18

__ provides facilities for conciliation and arbitration of international investment disputes.

Answer 18

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
* in 1966

is world’s foremost insti. to settle international investment disputes.

India is not a member

Question 19

?? provides political risk insurance to investors as well as lenders in developing countries

Answer 19

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
* in 1988

India became a member of MIGA in 1994.