Description:    This presentation uses text and photographs to chronicle a number of significant milestones during the first 50 years of the World Bank's existence.  The presentation begins during the crucial period when the Bank was founded (1944-1948), when many of the policies and procedures familiar today were established.  Selected institutional "firsts" are chronicled as is the creation of certain other affiliated development organizations.  Also depicted are the major buildings housing these institutions, from the old A Building to the New Main Complex.

The presentation was created by Chuck Ziegler, an archivist whose work in the World Bank Group Archives over a period of three decades contributed to his in-depth knowledge of the Bank and its history.

Foundations of the World Bank, 1944-1948

"Firsts" in World Bank History

Affliliates of the World Bank

Buildings of the World Bank