The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank was founded in May 2000 as an informal network of individual parliamentarians, to strengthen accountability and transparency in international financial institutions in general and the World Bank in particular.  It represents more than 800 parliamentarians from 110 countries.  It mobilises parliamentarians to engage in debates on the global governance of international development institutions, and provides a platform for dialogue between parliamentarians and the World Bank.  Many of its actions are taken in partnership with the World Bank, including the Annual Conference and Field Visit Program.

The Network has local and regional chapters in India, Japan, East Africa, West Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.  Network members represent themselves and their constituents, and not their countries, parliaments or governments.

The Network has published a Parliamentarians’ Guide to the World Bank.