World Bank

noun

1. an international bank established in 1944 to help member nations reconstruct and develop, especially by guaranteeing loans: a specialized agency of the United Nations.

World Bank

noun

1. 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 calledInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Example Sentences

The latest available World Bank figures show that the country has less than one doctor per 1,000 people and only one hospital bed for every 3,000.

From Time

In 2006, The Stern Review, a groundbreaking report from a group headed by former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern, found that climate change could drive a 20% decline in global GDP.

From Time

Duke Global Health Innovation Center collated purchase data from countries in each World Bank income grouping, though not all countries in each income grouping were included in the analysis.

From Science News For Students

He’s a former World Bank economist who became a prolific journalist and the author of one of Steve Levitt’s favorite books, The Undercover Economist.

From Freakonomics

So I think what I was not fully aware of was, while the World Bank environment was inclusive, how hard it was.

From Ozy

Humanitarian Paul Farmer and World Bank Leader Jim Yong Kim captured the problem in a Washington Post article last week.

From The Daily Beast

President of The World Bank Jim Yong Kim backed this up at a meeting of the European Union in Paris Friday.

From The Daily Beast

This time last year she dropped in at the White House during a trip to Washington to address the World Bank.

From The Daily Beast

The World Bank announced today a doubling of their money for Ebola.

From The Daily Beast

At the conclusion of the recent BRICS summit, the World Bank promised India $15 billion to $18 billion to aid development.

From The Daily Beast

They meet annually (in the autumn) and coordinate their meeting with that of the World Bank.

From Project Gutenberg

The World Bank is giving this problem top priority, as are some other donor countries.

From Project Gutenberg