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PRONUNCIATION OF WORLD BANK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORLD BANK

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World Bank is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WORLD BANK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

World Bank

World Bank

The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group. The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty. According to its Articles of Agreement, all its decisions must be guided by a commitment to the promotion of foreign investment and international trade and to the facilitation of capital investment.

Definition of World Bank in the English dictionary

The definition of World Bank in the dictionary is an international cooperative organization established in 1945 under the Bretton Woods Agreement to assist economic development, esp of backward nations, by the advance of loans guaranteed by member governments Officially called: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORLD BANK

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WORLD BANK

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Dogger Bank
European Central Bank
European Investment Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
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the West Bank
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West Bank

Synonyms and antonyms of World Bank in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «World Bank» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORLD BANK

Find out the translation of World Bank to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of World Bank from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «World Bank» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

世界银行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Banco Mundial
570 millions of speakers

English

World Bank
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विश्व बैंक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البنك الدولي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Всемирный банк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Banco Mundial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্ব ব্যাংক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Banque mondiale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bank Dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weltbank
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世界銀行
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세계 은행 (World Bank)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bank Dunia
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Ngân hàng thế giới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலக வங்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जागतिक बँक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dünya Bankası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Banca Mondiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bank Światowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Всесвітній банк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Banca Mondială
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Παγκόσμια Τράπεζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Wêreldbank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Världsbanken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Verdensbanken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of World Bank

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD BANK»

The term «World Bank» is very widely used and occupies the 19.090 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD BANK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about World Bank

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLD BANK»

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1
A Guide to the World Bank
Following the success of the first edition (with over 12,000 copies sold), the World Bank is publishing this completely revised and updated second edition of the Guide to the World Bank.
‎2007
2
The World Bank: History
This effort constitutes the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on the history of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or the World Bank.
Devesh Kapur, John Prior Lewis, Richard Charles Webb, 1997
3
Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and WTO
This work shows how the world's leading financial institutions - the IMF, World Bank and WTO - have been hijacked by the economic ideology of neoliberalism and the interest behind it, particularly from the 1980s onwards and in relation to ...
Richard Peet, 2003
4
The World Bank Since Bretton Woods: The Origins, Policies, ...
The origins, policies, operations, and impact of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the other members of the World Bank group: the International Finance Corporation, the International Development Association, the ...
Edward Sagendorph Mason, Robert E. Asher, 1973
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Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social ...
This text provides a close examination of the inner workings of the World Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure, and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend ...
Michael Goldman, 2005
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The World Bank: Its First Half Century
The work is divided into two volumes. The first is organized thematically and examines the critical events and policy issues in the World Bank's development over the last fifty years.
Devesh Kapur, John Prior Lewis, Richard Charles Webb, 1997
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Reinventing the World Bank
Written by leading North American and British scholars, this book offers a critical examination of the World Bank.
Jonathan Pincus, Jeffrey Alan Winters, 2002
8
Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to ...
Drawing on the examples of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and transitional European economies, this revolutionary volume proposes an alternative vision of institutional development with chapter-length applications to finance, state formation, ...
Howard Stein, 2008
9
The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers
But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? This book takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with.
Ngaire Woods, 2007
10
Challenges to the World Bank and IMF: Developing Country ...
Bringing together some of the foremost authorities in their fields, this book is the result of work carried out on behalf of the G24, the world's only research effort devoting to furthering the interests of developing countries and bringing ...
Ariel Buira, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLD BANK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term World Bank is used in the context of the following news items.
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World Bank Group to Provide up to Half-a-Billion Dollars for Nepal …
KATHMANDU, June 23, 2015—The World Bank Group today said it would provide up to half-a-billion dollars to finance the reconstruction of Nepal after ... «World Bank Group, Jun 15»
2
Gaza Economy on the Verge of Collapse, Youth Unemployment …
The current market in Gaza is not able to offer jobs leaving a large population in despair particularly the youth,” said Steen Lau Jorgensen, World Bank Country ... «World Bank Group, May 15»
3
Mobilizing the Billions and Trillions for Climate Finance
Sessions throughout the 2015 IMF/World Bank Group Spring Meetings brought together voices from all areas of the economy – government, investment, ... «World Bank Group, Apr 15»
4
Greek Economic Crisis Dominates IMF, World Banking Meetings In …
Discussions over Greece's financial crisis have dominated the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington D.C. Pictured: Greek national flags are displayed for ... «International Business Times, Apr 15»
5
World Bank: Stress test
Jim Yong Kim, the bank's president, certainly thinks so. Despite US concerns, the World Bank's board last year approved a $73m project to help authorities in the ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
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All of the countries joining China's alternative to the World Bank
Unable to increase its voice in the current institutions—China commands just 6.47% of the vote in the Asian Development Bank, 5.17% in the World Bank, and ... «Quartz, Mar 15»
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China's new 'World Bank' gains support despite warnings
Opposition and warnings from the U.S. and senior U.K. diplomats have not stopped China's alternative to the World Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment ... «CNBC, Mar 15»
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IMF, World Bank throw weight behind China-led bank
"We are comfortable with the idea of a bank that puts together finance for infrastructure, because our view is that there is a huge need for infrastructure in ... «CNBC, Mar 15»
9
Europe's economic powerhouses snub US, sign up to China-led …
The AIIB is designed as another complementary fund to the World Bank, akin to the Japanese-led Asian Development Bank, that could help patch the massive ... «Al Jazeera America, Mar 15»
10
World Bank Probes $1 Billion China Loan
The World Bank has launched an investigation into whether its chief financial officer and other top brass mishandled a $1 billion Chinese loan to the bank's ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»

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