World Bank

Summary

World Bank is an international financial institution^[1]. It draws 924 Wikipedia views per month (international_financial_institution category, ranking #3 of 10).^[2]

Key Facts

• World Bank was a member of Confederation of Open Access Repositories^[3].
• World Bank was a member of DataCite^[4].
• World Bank is in the country of United States^[5].
• World Bank's image is recorded as World Bank building at Washington.jpg^[6].
• World Bank's instance of is recorded as international financial institution^[7].
• World Bank's instance of is recorded as development bank^[8].
• World Bank's official language is recorded as English^[9].
• World Bank's official language is recorded as Arabic^[10].
• World Bank's official language is recorded as French^[11].
• World Bank's official language is recorded as Spanish^[12].
• World Bank's logo image is recorded as The World Bank logo.svg^[13].
• World Bank's logo image is recorded as World Bank logo.svg^[14].
• World Bank's headquarters location is recorded as World Bank Headquarters^[15].
• World Bank's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404829086^[16].
• World Bank's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 271359876^[17].
• World Bank's GND ID is recorded as 121364-7^[18].
• World Bank's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79043403^[19].
• World Bank's IdRef ID is recorded as 027605000^[20].
• World Bank's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00129652^[21].
• World Bank's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01192439^[22].
• World Bank's child organization or unit is recorded as International Bank for Reconstruction and Development^[23].
• World Bank's child organization or unit is recorded as International Development Association^[24].
• World Bank's part of is recorded as Bretton Woods system^[25].
• World Bank's Commons category is recorded as World Bank^[26].
• World Bank's industry is recorded as development aid^[27].

Body

Founding

+1945-12-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of World Bank^[28].

Identity

World Bank's part of is recorded as Bretton Woods system^[25]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WB'}^[29], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'BM'}^[30], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'BM'}^[31], {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'BM'}^[32], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'BM'}^[33].

Leadership

World Bank's chairperson is recorded as Ajaypal Singh Banga^[34].

Operations

World Bank's headquarters location is recorded as World Bank Headquarters^[15]. Subsidiaries include International Bank for Reconstruction and Development^[23], a multilateral development bank^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1944^[37], headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[38] and International Development Association^[24], a multilateral development bank^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1960^[41], headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[42].

Industry

World Bank's industry is recorded as development aid^[27].

Why It Matters

World Bank draws 924 Wikipedia views per month (international_financial_institution category, ranking #3 of 10).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]