世界银行成员国赞成集资举措

US Treasury¹ secretary Timothy Geithner has said that World Bank members have agreed to two new developments.

美国财政部长盖特纳称，世界银行成员国同意其两项新发展措施。

Developing countries will have a greater say in running the World Bank

They will raise extra capital and give more of a voice on running the organisation² to developing countries.

Mr Geithner said the Bank had made a "strong and compelling（强制的，引人注目的） case" for a funding increase of $3.5bn (£2.3bn).

He said the money was needed to help Afghanistan to develop more productive farming and for relief efforts（救灾工作） , such as that currently underway in Haiti.

Mr Geithner said in a statement that the new shareholding³（股权） formula was fairer: "We can feel proud that we have concluded agreements on a transformative financial and governance reform agenda, along with new capital for the World Bank and a new and more representative shareholding formula."

He also said that the United States, which holds the largest voting share in the World Bank at 16.4%, would not seek any increase to that.

The extra funding will need to be agreed by the US Congress.