The IMF and the World Bank: How Do They Differ?

June 1, 1995

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary

Preview Citation

Format: Chicago

David D. Driscoll The IMF and the World Bank: How Do They Differ?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed November 21, 2024, https://0-doi-org.library.svsu.edu/10.5089/9781557754059.054

Export Citation

ProCite
RefWorks
Reference Manager

BibTex
Zotero

EndNote

Summary

This paper discusses how the IMF and the World Bank differ from each other. The IMF is small and, unlike the World Bank, has no affiliates or subsidiaries. Most IMF staff members work at headquarters in Washington, D.C., although three small offices are maintained in Paris, Geneva, and at the United Nations in New York. Its professional staff members are for the most part economists and financial experts. The World Bank is an investment bank, intermediating between investors and recipients, borrowing from the one and lending to the other. The structure of the World Bank is somewhat more complex compared with the IMF.

Subject: Banking, Currencies, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, International monetary system, Loans, Money

Keywords: Country, Currencies, Financing, Global, Government, IMF operations, IMF's article, IMF's operation, IMF's role, IMF's work, International community, International monetary system, Lending decision, Loans, MTU, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

Publication Details

Pages:

13
Volume:

---
DOI:

https://0-doi-org.library.svsu.edu/10.5089/9781557754059.054
Issue:

---
Series:

Pamphlet Series
Stock No:

IWBEA0000000
ISBN:

9781557754059
ISSN:

0538-8759

Notes

English version revised 1995.

FACTSHEETS

RESOURCES

TOPICS

Flagship Publications

Other Publications

IMF reports and publications by country

Regional Offices

All News

See Also

For Journalists

Press Center

RESOURCES

FLAGSHIPS

KEY SERIES

IMF NOTES

Pamphlet Series