世界银行(World Bank)昨日获得了自1988年以来的首次普遍增资。作为回报，新兴市场国家获得了更多的投票权。
世行在昨日于华盛顿召开的会议上，向与会部长们展示了一份一揽子方案。该方案将世行的110亿美元实收资本增加了51亿美元，并对投票权进行改革，主要是将欧洲小国的投票权转移给中国、印度与巴西等新兴市场国家。
上述决定为世行行长罗伯特•佐立克(Robert Zoellick)去年发起的，为世行增资以应对全球金融危机的努力划上了句号。世行增发了1000亿美元贷款，用以缓解危机对贫穷国家的影响，从而帮助抑制了国际社会对美法等国家的怀疑情绪。佐立克表示："这是用以应付三十年一遇危机的三十年一次的请求。"
51亿美元总体实收资本增资中，包括16亿美元的选择性增资。作为选择性增资的条件，世行商业贷款机构董事会将进行改革。董事会上中低收入国家的份额，将从44%提高至47%。中国的投票权份额将从2.8%提高至4.2%，韩国则将从1%提高至1.6%。
一些欧洲国家对世行软贷款机构国际开发协会(International Development Association)较大的贡献得到了认可，减轻了它们投票权上的损失。以挪威为例，该国的投票权份额将仅从0.63%降至0.58%。
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http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001032361
The World Bank yesterday won the first general increase in its capital since 1988 in return for a shift of voting power towards emerging markets.
A package put to ministers at the World Bank's meetings in Washington yesterday increased the bank's $11bn (€8.2bn, £7.1bn) paid-in capital by $5.1bn in return for reforms to voting rights, which would mainly see a transfer of votes from smaller European countries to emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil.
The decision completes a campaign begun last year by Robert Zoellick, the bank's president, to increase its capital in response to the global financial crisis. The bank increased lending by $100bn to combat the effects of the crisis on poor countries, helping to overcome the scepticism of countries such as France and the US. "This is a once-in-a-generation request to address the impact of a once-in-a-generation crisis," Mr Zoellick said.
Changes to the board of the bank's commercial loan arm are in return for greater contributions to a $1.6bn selective capital increase, part of the overall $5.1bn. The share of low- and middle-income countries on the board will rise from 44 per cent to 47 per cent. China's vote share increases from 2.8 per cent to 4.2 per cent and South Korea's from 1 per cent to 1.6 per cent.
Loss of votes by some European countries is mitigated by acknowledgment of their high contributions to the International Development Association, the bank's soft-loan arm: Norway's share, for example, will only shrink from 0.63 per cent to 0.58 per cent.
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