Introduction international organizations

T ASK 4
Based on the text above, decide whether each
statement is true or false.

No	Statements	T/F
a.	The WBG is the best-known development bank in the world and but not an observer at the United Nations Development Group
b.	The WBG is a cooperative organization.
c.	The WBG has more than 189 members
d.	There is no any observer country in the WBG
e.	Making more money is a main goal of the WBG
f.	The WBG’s activities is focused on improving human development

TASK 5
Read the following text.

The World Bamk Organization’s history
Founding. The WBG came into formal existence on 27 December 1946 following international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements, which emerged from the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1–22 July 1944). It also provided the foundation of the Osiander Committee in 1951, responsible for the preparation and evaluation of the world



World Development Report. Commencing operations on 25 June 1946, it approved its first loan on 9 May 1947 (US$250M to France for postwar reconstruction, in real terms the largest loan the Bank has issued to date). Membership. All of the 193 UN members and Kosovo that are WBG members participate at a minimum in the IBRD. As of May 2016, all of them also participate in some of the other four organizations (IDA, IFC, MIGA, and ICSID). WBG members by the number of organizations which they participate in:

1. 
   only in IBRD: None
   
2. 
   IBRD and one other organization: San Marino, Nauru, Tuvalu, Brunei
   
3. 
   IBRD and two other organizations: Antigua and Barbuda, Suriname, Venezuela, Namibia, Marshall Islands, Kiribati
   
4. 
   IBRD and three other organizations: India, Mexico, Belize, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, South Africa, Seychelles, Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Bahrain, Qatar, Iran, Malta, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Palau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Maldives, Bhutan, Myanmar
   
5. 
   All five WBG organizations: the rest of the 138 WBG members
   

Non-members are Andorra, Cuba, Liechtenstein, Monaco, State of Palestine, Vatican City, Taiwan, and North Korea.


TASK 6