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This Paper engages with the World Bank’s activities from the perspective of transformative constitutionalism as understood by the Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina. The social impact of the World Bank in Latin America is ambivalent and highly controversial. It is argued that while the frictions of the World Bank’s activities with the objectives of this transformative constitutionalism have been mitigated over time, a number of problems remain. Drawing on a public law approach as analytical framework, the paper examine key instruments through which the Bank exercises international public authority and impact policy making in relevant areas. On this basis, several options are explored which could reduce tensions and facilitate a rapprochement between the World Bank’s instruments and the objectives and principles of Latin-American transformative constitutionalism.