The World Bank Accountability Mechanism (AM) is headed by AM Secretary who is appointed by the Board of Executive Directors for one five-year non-renewable term and reports directly to the Board. The ...

Thorsten Beck, Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine, 2000, "A New Database on Financial Development and Structure," World Bank Economic Review 14, 597-605. (An earlier version was issued as World Bank ...