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- proper noun A group of five
financial organizations whose purpose iseconomic development and theelimination ofpoverty .
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- 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.
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
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The term World Bank refers to an umbrella over just the IBRD and the IDA.
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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."
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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.
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Jagdeo put the blame squarely on the World Bank, which is serving as the go-between for the money.
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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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