World Bank
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| Web site | www.worldbank.org |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Washington |
| D.C. | |
| United States | |
| Founded | Bretton Woods |
| New Hampshire | |
| United States | |
| Subsidiaries | International Finance Corporation |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |
| Founders | Harry Dexter White |
| John Maynard Keynes | |
| Presidents | David Malpass |
| Ajay Banga | |
| Raw motto | Working for a World Free of Poverty |
| Parent organizations | World Bank Group |
| Okra answer panel mission | Mission |
| Okra answer panel criticism | Criticism |
| Okra answer panel ownership | Ownership |
| Okra answer panel value | Value |
| Okra answer panel history | History |
| Okra answer panel goals | Goals |
| Okra answer panel grade level | Grade level |
| Okra answer panel structure | Structure |
| Legal status | Treaty |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 618504 |
About World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
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... Also look out for evidence that big global institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are bowing to pressure to change their lending rules to help get the cash flowing...
Toxic gas putting millions at risk in Middle East, BBC finds
... Working with BBC Arabic, environmental scientists combined this information with the volumes of gas flared - which the World Bank publishes - to work out total pollution...
UK government plans radical shake-up of foreign aid for climate change disasters
... The idea is to use the balance sheets of international financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the IMF, to guarantee greater investment in development from private capital such as pension funds...
Ethiopia PM Abiy eyes Red Sea port, inflaming tensions
... The Ethiopian economy is in a tailspin, and desperately needs a bailout from western donors along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank...
Shell posts $6. 2bn profit as oil prices rise again
... Earlier this week, the World Bank warned that the conflict in the Middle East could push the price of crude oil up to $150 a barrel - compared to $85 today...
Afghan refugees forced to leave Pakistan say they have nothing
... The unemployment rate more than doubled from the period immediately before the Taliban takeover to June 2023, according to the World Bank...
World Bank warns oil prices could reach $150 a barrel
...By Vishala Sri-PathmaBusiness reporterOil prices could rise to more than $150 a barrel if the conflict in the Middle East escalates, according to the World Bank...
China's roads win hearts in South Asia - but at a cost
... That s why it has gotten into the risky business of international bailout lending, " said Carmen Reinhart, a former World Bank chief economist and one of the study s authors...
