Menyinggung masalah kontrol pihak donor terhadap penggunaan pinjaman seperti itu, ia mengatakan, Bank Dunia selalu berusaha meningkatkan kontrol, meskipun fungsi dan peranan Bank Dunia tidak boleh disamakan dengan lembaga donor seperti IMF International Monetary Fund.
Asked whether donors exercised any control over the use of their loans , Arif said the World Bank was trying to do so but its function and role were not the same as those of other donor institutions such as the International Monetary Fund IMF.