WASHINGTON — World Bank President David Malpass announced changes to the institution’s reporting structures last week, aimed at strengthening the bank’s operations at regional and country levels, and undoing some of the remaining organizational changes implemented by his predecessor, Jim Kim.
“These changes are intended to further simplify and streamline the matrix; create greater clarity for our staff through simpler lines of accountability and decision making; and more fully harness our global technical and financial capacity and knowledge to better fulfill our mission at the country and regional level,” Malpass wrote to staff in a Jan. 9 memo seen by Devex.
With that in mind, Malpass announced that starting July 1 this year, the World Bank’s regional directors, as well as the practice managers and staff who report to them, will all be “re-mapped” so that their reporting lines go through the regional vice presidents.