International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

noun

1. IBRD. the official name for the World Bank

Example Sentences

The financing by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the bank's main lending arm, was supported by $500 million in loan guarantees from Britain that were announced on Sept. 30, the bank said.

From Reuters

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has roughly $201 billion of outstanding debt.

From Reuters

A team from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development that visited Cuba in 1950 reported, “In the field of applied research and labs, there was no development at all in Cuba.”

From Science Magazine

Over the next decade, the lending capacity for those countries through its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development will total about $300 billion.

From New York Times

The Washington Post’s analysis of crisis-era lending included projects of a million dollars or more at the bank’s two main lending arms, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Development Association.

From Washington Post