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World Bank
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Allied governments design the Bretton Woods financial order
📅 22 July 1944Delegates from 44 Allied nations agreed to establish the International Monetary Fund and World Bank at Bretton Woods. The institutions aimed to shape postwar exchange and reconstruction, but voting...
China resumes membership in the IMF and World Bank
📅 15 May 1980Membership restored access to international financial institutions and development expertise after the People’s Republic had been excluded from their systems. Engagement was selective: Beijing...
President Clinton announces a policy shift on Vietnam and international lending
📅 2 July 1993Clinton announced U.S. support for allowing international financial institutions to consider lending to Vietnam, while emphasizing POW/MIA accounting. The change opened a path toward renewed...
Earthquake devastates eastern Afghanistan
📅 31 August 2025A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman. A later UN-led assessment documented widespread damage and barriers to aid for women and girls.