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International Bank For Reconstruction And Development

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The World Bank was originally established in 1944 by 28 countries as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development with the aim of assisting and financing public development projects. In 2015 the World Bank Group is an umbrella organization of five parts with 187 member countries. While the Bank remains the largest such institution in operation, there are now so many other similar institutions that there are four subcategories to describe them: Multilateral Development Banks (used to describe the World Bank), Multilateral Financial Institutions, Sub-Regional Banks, and Aid Coordination Groups. Partners (World Bank, 2016) The World Bank provides governments, based solely on economic rather than political considerations, with access to capital for development projects as either the sole lender or to supplement other lenders. The World Bank also seeks, through Technical Assistance Projects, to support the strengthening of local government’s management and governance capacities. Capital and support for the private sector in developing countries is provided by a second member of the World Bank Group that was founded in 1956, the International Finance Corporation.

Currently the World Bank has 1,712 projects being run at 19,434 locations worldwide and for the governance and management the Bank views codifies projects as being within one or more components of 10 Sector areas. Each project is then also categorized as addressing one or more

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