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- proper noun A group of five
financial organizations whose purpose iseconomic development and theelimination ofpoverty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2009
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2009
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2009
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009
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Marcus Noland , a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, calls the World Bank's focus on security and policing "completely unprecedented."
World Bank Shifts Focus to Security in Poor Nations Sudeep Reddy 2011
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The South Koreans have worked closely with the World Bank, which is changing course after years of de-emphasizing roads, dams and energy plants which invariably kick up political opposition.
Poor Nations Also on G-20 Agenda Bob Davis 2010
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Jagdeo put the blame squarely on the World Bank, which is serving as the go-between for the money.
Blunt talk on protecting forests to combat climate change Juliet Eilperin 2010
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A number of international agencies are contributing to conservation in the Eastern Arc Mountains, including the World Bank, which is helping to build management capacity and develop a Forest Agency in Tanzania, and the Global Environment Facility-United Nations Development Program, which is investing in the development of a holistic conservation strategy for the region.
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