The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the World Bank has renewed its cooperation with AIT through a MoU signed on 18 January 2008. Under this MoU, the World Bank, through the collaboration under the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarships Program (JJ/WBGSP), supports master's degree studies in development- related fields at AIT. AIT has offered 6 credit fellowships to each of the JJ/WBGSP scholars. Mr. Kamel Braham, Scholarships Administrator, The World Bank Institute, and Washington, D.C., USA, played an instrumental role in renewing the cooperation program with AIT.