Board of Governors

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The Board of Governors is the World Bank Group’s highest decision-making body, composed mainly of finance ministers and other senior officials from each member country who oversee its overall policies and strategic direction.

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Label Occurrences
Board of Governors canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decision-making body ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
approves admissions of new member countries to the World Bank Group ⓘ
amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group ⓘ
changes in capital stock of the World Bank Group ⓘ
composedOf finance ministers ⓘ
representatives of each member country of the World Bank Group ⓘ
senior government officials ⓘ
convenesAt IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings ⓘ
surface form: World Bank Group and IMF Annual Meetings
decisionType resolutions ⓘ
delegatesAuthorityTo World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors ⓘ
surface form: Board of Executive Directors (World Bank Group)
elects World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors ⓘ
surface form: Executive Directors of the World Bank Group
establishedFor governance of the World Bank Group ⓘ
governs International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ⓘ
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ⓘ
International Development Association ⓘ
International Finance Corporation ⓘ
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver overall policies of the World Bank Group ⓘ
strategic direction of the World Bank Group ⓘ
hasMemberFrom each member country of the World Bank Group ⓘ
hasOneAlternateGovernorPer member country ⓘ
hasOneGovernorPer member country ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group institutions ⓘ
surface form: Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group
mainFunction oversee overall policies of the World Bank Group ⓘ
set strategic direction of the World Bank Group ⓘ
meets annually ⓘ
meetsJointlyWith IMF Board of Governors ⓘ
surface form: Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund
partOf World Bank Group ⓘ
reportsTo member governments of the World Bank Group ⓘ
role highest decision-making body of the World Bank Group ⓘ
sector international development finance ⓘ
typicalGovernorPosition Minister of Development ⓘ
Minister of Finance ⓘ
senior economic policymaker ⓘ
usesVotingSystem weighted voting ⓘ
votingPowerBasedOn member country capital subscriptions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Bank Group → governanceStructure → Board of Governors ⓘ
WBG → governedBy → Board of Governors ⓘ
subject surface form: World Bank Group