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Governance of Bretton Woods Financial Institutions

In: The Governance Structures of the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions

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  • Ahmed Naciri

    (University of Quebec at Montreal)

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Understanding the governance of Bretton Woods Financial Institutions (BWFI) may help illuminate their role in funding global development and fighting poverty, and may allow the assessment of their effectiveness in fulfilling their mandate. The number of votes to which each member country is entitled in the decision making of the BWFIs is crucial to the institutions’ current operations, and to their future. The governance of BWFIs is constantly subject to harsh critics, specifically and most seriously the so-called 15% rule, where only 15% of votes are required to be owned by any member to block any decisions at institutions Board meetings. Not any country member is, however, permitted to own such a number of shares, and many country members have tried unsuccessfully. Consequently, decision-making at BWFIs is structurally monopolized by a club of a handful members. This situation has made reform of the governance of institutions, a constant demand, aim to give more voice to poor and emerging economies, which are constantly underrepresented, despite their growing weight within the global economy.

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  • Ahmed Naciri, 2018. "Governance of Bretton Woods Financial Institutions," SpringerBriefs in Economics, in: The Governance Structures of the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions, chapter 0, pages 47-60, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-3-319-97906-9_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97906-9_4
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