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The 50 pages that link to World Bank, each with the reason it gives.

• World Health OrganizationCompared with: Unlike the WHO, it can finance health-system projects through lending and development programs.

• International Monetary FundCompared with: The World Bank focuses on development finance, while the IMF centers on monetary stability and balance-of-payments support.

• Bretton Woods systemRelated: The second Bretton Woods institution, paired with the IMF at the same conference.

• World Trade OrganizationCompared with: It is a major postwar institution, but focuses on development finance rather than trade rules.

• Washington ConsensusRelated: It helped shape the Washington policy agenda named by Williamson.

• Indus Waters TreatyRelated: The Bank mediated negotiations and is a signatory to particular treaty provisions.

• Structural adjustmentRelated: Its adjustment lending supported policy reforms alongside development financing.

• Bretton Woods ConferenceRelated: The conference’s reconstruction bank became the core institution of the World Bank Group.

• Global governanceBroader topic: Its lending and policy advice give it influence over global development priorities.

• General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeRelated: Together with GATT and the International Monetary Fund, it formed part of the postwar economic order.

• Anti-globalization movementCompared with: Protests challenged its development model and the social effects of lending conditions.

• Nile Basin InitiativeRelated: It helped convene and support the Initiative’s early cooperative programs.

• Joseph StiglitzRelated: Stiglitz served as its chief economist and senior vice president from 1997 to 2000.

• Disability-adjusted life yearRelated: Its 1993 World Development Report helped bring the metric into global policy.

• United Nations Development ProgrammeCompared with: Unlike the World Bank, UNDP is a UN programme and does not primarily lend for development projects.

• Debt sustainabilityRelated: It assesses debt risks in developing countries and supports frameworks for responsible borrowing.

• Global North and Global SouthRelated: Its development role reflects the unequal influence countries hold in global institutions.

• Global SouthRelated: Its development programs influence economic choices across many countries associated with the Global South.

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCompared with: Its lending role differs from the OECD’s emphasis on standards, data, and policy advice.

• Point Four ProgramRelated: Point Four helped establish bilateral development aid as a permanent complement to World Bank lending.

• United Nations Economic and Social CouncilCompared with: The Bank finances development; ECOSOC provides an intergovernmental forum for coordination and policy discussion.

• Asian Development BankCompared with: Unlike the bank’s Asia-Pacific mandate, the World Bank operates across global regions.

• International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentRelated: The IBRD is one of the two institutions commonly called the World Bank.

• Robert McNamaraRelated: McNamara’s presidency shifted its emphasis toward poverty reduction and lending to poorer countries.

• African Development BankCompared with: Its global mandate differs from the African Development Bank’s regional focus.

• New Development BankCompared with: The bank offered a new institution alongside established multilateral development lenders.

• European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentCompared with: The World Bank’s global development mandate differs from the EBRD’s regional focus and emphasis on private enterprise.

• European Investment BankCompared with: Its global development mandate and membership differ from the EIB’s EU-centered ownership and policy role.

• International Finance CorporationRelated: The IFC shares the World Bank Group but serves private clients rather than primarily lending to governments.

• International political economyRelated: Its projects and lending raise questions about development priorities and external influence.

• Mangla DamRelated: The World Bank helped broker the Indus Waters Treaty and supported financing for basin infrastructure.

• Tarbela DamRelated: The Bank helped broker the treaty and supported financing for Indus Basin projects.

• International Development AssociationNarrower topic: IDA was created within the World Bank to serve countries unable to borrow on ordinary terms.

• Rogun DamRelated: Its studies assessed Rogun’s feasibility and potential regional effects.

• World Bank GroupBroader topic: This narrower pair is often confused with the five-institution World Bank Group.

• North Aral SeaRelated: It helped finance the first phase of the North Aral Sea restoration project.

• Paul RomerRelated: Romer served as the World Bank’s chief economist from 2016 to 2018.

• Pedro Pablo KuczynskiRelated: Kuczynski worked at the World Bank early in his international economic career.

• Virgilio Barco VargasRelated: Barco worked at the World Bank before returning to Colombian public service.

• Extreme povertyRelated: It sets and reports the widely used international extreme-poverty line.

• Larry SummersRelated: Summers served as its chief economist and senior vice president from 1991 to 1993.

• Middle East and North AfricaRelated: Its regional country groupings make MENA a practical unit for development statistics and programs.

• World Economic ForumCompared with: Its funding role contrasts with the Forum’s reliance on convening and voluntary initiatives.

• World economyRelated: Its lending links global capital to long-term development in national economies.

• Angus DeatonRelated: World Bank poverty estimates rely on the international price comparisons Deaton studied.

• Developed countryRelated: Its income classifications shape how countries are compared and some forms of support are allocated.

• Enguri DamRelated: World Bank support helped fund rehabilitation of the Enguri power complex after the Soviet period.

• Global developmentRelated: Its lending and research influence development agendas across countries.

• International financeRelated: Its lending supports projects and reforms financed through international capital.

• SutlejRelated: It helped broker and support the Indus Waters Treaty.