Series: 1944-2021, 77 years of interference from the World Bank and the IMF (Part 28) The World Bank did not Foresee the Arab Spring Popular Uprisings and still Promotes the very same Policies that triggered them 12 April by In 2021, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF will reach the age of 77. These two international financial institutions (IFIs), created in 1944, are dominated by the United States and a few major allied powers that act to generalize policies contrary to the interests of the people. The WB and the IMF have systematically lent to states in order to influence their policies. External debt has been and still is used as an instrument of subordination of debtors. Since their creation, the IMF and WB have violated international covenants on human rights and do not hesitate to support dictatorships.