Providing voice and vision to the new global economy  In the context of the Bank’s periodical shareholding reviews we recommit to reaching an agreement on a realignment mechanism based on a formula. This will ease the task of maintaining an equitable representation of shareholders over time and will strengthen the IBRD legitimacy as a global player.
The formula should reflect global economic weights and the contributions to the Bank’s development mission. Rewarding support to this mission is essential to building up adequate incentives for future contributions. Any discussion of future resource needs to be preceded by a thorough conversation on the future positioning of the Bretton Woods institutions.