...'5The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank is responsible for policy decisions affecting the Bank's general operations and for the approval of...Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States). The other executive directors are elected by and represent countries grouped into self-formed...

...Executive Directors. But again, voting is on the basis of subscription shares. The five countries with the largest number of shares, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, each appoint one director. The remaining countries are clustered into groups which each select...