Questions tagged [world-bank]
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
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Why is Bangladesh considered significantly more corrupt than India and Pakistan by the World Bank/Brookings WGI?
MCC, which uses "World Bank/Brookings WGI" as their yardstick for corruption, rates Bangladesh substantially worse than India and Pakistan in that respect. E.g. for FY2024, Bangladesh gets &...
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Why won't China accept losses on loans and want private creditors and multilateral institutions to do the same?
U.S. officials are among those who have criticized China for being
unwilling to accept losses on loans unless private-sector creditors
and multilateral development banks do the same. Consequently, ...
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What proportion of Chinese lending to Africa is interest-free, according to the World Bank?
I'm trying to figure out if some figures put out by Johns Hopkins CARI (China-Africa Research Initiative) in a WaPo piece include (or don't) the so-called "hidden lending" that China ...
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How can a country (UN or non-UN member) become a member of the World Bank?
There are 193 member countries in the United Nations (UN). Besides these, there are lots of other sovereign countries that are currently not a member of the World Bank. So,
How can a country (UN or ...
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