2.2 Administrative history Between 1946 and 1974, The World Bank had between one and four vice presidents whose responsibility was the Bank as a whole.  During the reorganization in 1972, vice presidencies were created with specific areas of oversight, and when Sir Denis Rickett left the Bank in 1974 the era of general vice presidents was over. 

In late 1991, following the appointment of Lewis T. Preston as Bank President, Managing Director positions were created to provide administrative assistance to the President of the Bank.  Reporting directly to the President, the Managing Directors each had an area of oversight responsibility, but as a whole they formed the kind of broad oversight team that the general vice presidents had provided.  The number of Managing Directors ranged from three to five, with varying areas of emphasis.

3.1 Scope and content The records of the era of the general vice presidents are fragmentary.  A few records of a Middle East and North African trip by Robert L. Garner exist, as does a file on a meeting in Jogjakarta attended by Mohamed Shoaib.  The files of Sir Denis Rickett contain important records on studies of the future role of the Bank, as well as information on the Bank’s reactions to the oil crisis of the early 1970s.

3.3 Accruals   Accruals are expected

3.4 Arrangement  Chronological by period of service
                               Robert L. Garner.  1 file unit. 1947-1956
                               Mohamed Shoaib.  1 file unit. 1966-1976
                               Denis Rickett.  1 file unit. 1968-1974

4.1 Conditions of access  Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on the Disclosure of Information

4.2 Conditions of reproduction  Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.

4.3 Language/scripts  English

5.1 Related units of description WB IBRD/IDA 03, Records of the Office of the President

7.2 Rules or conventions   Internal World Bank Group Archives rules
7.3 Date(s) of descriptions 2003-07-31