Requested Disclosure of Board Records: Access to Information Consultation Memorandum 2025-2 - Case AI9802 - Board records disclosure consultation process

Jul 19, 2026

Requested Disclosure of Board Records: Access to Information Consultation Memorandum 2025-2 (Case Number AI9802) notifies Executive Directors that specific Board records are responsive to a public access request. The records concern the Financial Policy Committee (1959–1960) and the drafting of the IDA Articles of Agreement, and are classified as Confidential. Under the Bank’s ATI Policy, disclosure is considered eligible because restriction is limited to the Deliberative Information exception and the applicable declassification schedule. A process is provided for Executive Director review, possible COGAM escalation, and publication via the Board Resource Center.

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Notification

Records responsive to a public request

Type, classification, and nature of requested records

Financial Policy Committee (1959–1960) and IDA drafting

Access to Information Policy considerations

Deliberative Information exception and declassification schedule

Process for Executive Directors’ review

Comments, objections, and escalation to COGAM

Views of the Access to Information Committee (AIC)

Annex: Eligible board record versions for declassification and disclosure

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Requested Disclosure of Board Records: Access to Information Consultation Memorandum 2025-2 (Case Number AI9802) 1. Notification: The Executive Directors are hereby notified that the Board records noted in paragraph 2 of this consultation memorandum contain information that is responsive to a public request for access to certain records (Access to Information Case No. AI9802) . The versions of the records prepared for disclosure have been determined by the Corporate Secretariat to be eligible for declassification and disclosure under the Bank’s Policy on Access to Information (“ATI Policy”) . 2. Type, Information Classification, and Nature of the Board Records Requested: The public request is for Board records of the Financial Policy Committee (a former Board committee) from 1959 and 1960 related to the drafting of the IDA Articles of Agreement. The 29 Board records listed in the Annex to this memorandum have been determined to include information responsive to this request 1. The information classification for all the records in the annex is Confidential. 3. Access to Information Policy Considerations: Under the ATI Policy, information restricted only by the Deliberative Information exception is eligible for declassification and disclosure in accordance with the ATI Policy’s declassification schedule.2 The declassification schedule for Board minutes of regular sessions prepared before April 1, 2005 is five years 3 and for Executive Director Statements4 and transcripts of Board and Committee meetings is 10 years 5. Asthe versions of the Board records noted in the Annex have been determined to be subject only to the ATI Policy’s Deliberative Information exception and satisfy their corresponding declassification schedule age requirements, they are all eligible for declassification and disclosure6. The ATI Policy provides that the Board may, under exceptional circumstances, exercise the Bank’s prerogative to restrict access to Board records that would normally be disclosed, if it determines that the disclosure of the records would likely cause harm that would outweigh the benefits of the disclosure.7 1 Other Board records related to the Board discussions regarding the creation of IDA have been publicly disclosed, after previous consultations with Executive Directors (SecM2020-0026 and SecM2025-0111/1) . 2 ATI Policy, Section III.B.6(a) and (b) . 3 ATI Policy, Section III.B.6(b)(i) . 4 ATI Policy, Section III.B.6(b)(ii) . Item number 10 has been determined to be analogous to an Executive Directors Statement for the purposes of this Consultation Memorandum. 5 Id. As the views of EDs are attributed in the Memoranda of the Committee identified in this request, they more closely resemble a transcript than any of the currently used document formats such as Minutes, Summaries of Discussion or Green Sheets. 6 SEC determined, in consultation with the Legal Vice Presidency, that the original versions of the records marked as items 23 and 26 in the Annex contain specific portions subject to the ATI Policy’s Attorney-Client Privilege exception,(Legal Information) . The versions of these records proposed for disclosure have the Legal Information redacted, on an exceptional basis, in order to make the transcripts eligible for public disclosure. Redaction is proposed due to the historically significant nature of these documents. 7 ATI Policy, Section IV.2(a) . 4. Process: Under procedures approved by the Board, this consultation memorandum is being submitted to Executive Directors, so they have an opportunity to review and comment on the disclosure of these Board records.8 Management is also consulted about the disclosure of Board records when relevant. After the closing date for comments, the Board records for which concerns/objections have not been expressed by an Executive Director or management will be disclosed by management in accordance with the ATI Polic

FAQs

What public access request does this memorandum address?

It addresses a request for Board records of the Financial Policy Committee from 1959 and 1960 related to drafting the IDA Articles of Agreement, identified as responsive in the Annex under Case AI9802.

Why are the requested records eligible for declassification and disclosure?

They are determined to be restricted only by the ATI Policy’s Deliberative Information exception and to meet the applicable declassification schedule for Board minutes and for Executive Director statements and meeting transcripts.

What is the review and approval process after this memorandum is submitted?

Executive Directors are given an opportunity to review and comment. After the comment closing date, records with no expressed concerns or objections are disclosed by management under the ATI Policy, while records receiving concerns/objections are submitted to COGAM and then to the Board for further consideration.

Jul 19, 2026

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