World Bank Definition

noun
An agency of the United Nations, established in 1945 to make loans to member nations: official name International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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Synonyms:
  • ibrd
  • international bank for reconstruction and development
pronoun

A group of five financial organizations whose purpose is economic development and the elimination of poverty.

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World Bank Sentence Examples

  • The former apparatchik was Joseph Stiglitz, ex-chief economist of the World Bank.

  • Jan 2006 The world bank estimates the cost of fighting bird flu will reach billions of dollars.

  • Increasing UNDP and the World Bank involvement would enhance transparency and accountability.

  • The scale of the World Bank debt reduction will also depend on how much the donors commit to financing the debt write-off.

  • The US and Britain have conceded that a full write-off of debt owed to the IMF and the World Bank may be necessary.

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