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Established in 1944 under the Bretton Woods Agreement, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) — popularly known as the World Bank (WB) — was created to help rebuild Europe after World War II. However, as time has evolved, the World Bank’s mission has evolved too.
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High Level Commission on Modernization of the World Bank Group Governance, Repowering the World Bank for the 21st Century, 2009.
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Lessambo, F.I. (2014). The World Bank and Corporate Governance. In: The International Corporate Governance System. Global Financial Markets series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137360014_4
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