World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group, which is part of the United Nations system.

The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty. However, 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.

World Bank Group

The World Bank is not to be confused with the World Bank Group, an extended family of five international organizations:

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

International Development Association (IDA)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

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ICBC lists largest green bond on London bourse

China Daily 18 Jul 2018

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, also called ICBC, has listed a $1.58 billion green bond on the London Stock Exchange ... Green bonds are a type of funding that companies, governments and banks use to finance climate-related and environmental projects ... Sean Kidney, chief executive of the Climate Bonds Initiative, said the move signaled ICBC's intent to become the leading green credit bank in the world....

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Green-bond sales surge toward record

Finance & Commerce 18 Jul 2018

If the bond market is any guide, Corporate America is hugging a lot more trees than last year. Sales of green bonds by U.S. companies in 2018 have already topped last year’s and are on pace for a record, according to data from the Climate Bonds Initiative ... corporation sold a green bond was in 2013 ... The European Investment Bank and World Bank started issuing green bonds in 2007....

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‘I think the lending rates will come down from September’

The Himalayan 17 Jul 2018

Borrowing facility to the banks from foreign financial institutions can be a short-term remedy but for longer-term stability the Ministry of Finance, Nepal Rastra Bank and Securities Board of Nepal should focus on developing the bonds market for mobilisation of capital in priority sectors. The Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group have proposed to issue local currency bonds....

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Bullion bulls: This mobile app turns gold into a digital currency

Market Watch 17 Jul 2018

in what’s now modern-day Turkey, according to the World Gold Council ... Davies and Cozens are fans of gold as it acts as a traditional hedge against inflation and they consider gold the strongest vehicle for girding against factors that eat into the value of paper currencies, such as massive purchases of sovereign and corporate bonds, or quantitative easing, by global central banks....

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ICBC lists largest-ever green bond on London Stock Exchange

China Daily 16 Jul 2018

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which is also called ICBC, has listed a $1.58 billion equivalent green bond on the London Stock Exchange, which is being used to finance environmentally sustainable assets ... Sean Kidney, chief executive of the Climate Bonds Initiative, said the move signaled ICBC’s intent to become the leading green credit bank in the world....

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We're nearly at zero: The US just passed another flashing-red indicator on the way to recession

Business Insider 16 Jul 2018

In layman's terms. Bonds are about safety for investors ... FRED ... ... Central banks the world over have been buying bonds like crazy for nearly 10 years to keep interest rates down and to fuel the economy via so-called "quantitative easing." That has artificially depressed bond yields, and it means that this time around the yield curve is not the reliable predictor of recession it used to be ... Bond Bubble Yield Curve Yield Spreads Treasuries ... ....

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'Maybe he'll be a friend': Trump highlights common ground with Putin ahead of summit

Winston-Salem Journal 16 Jul 2018

And as in last month’s Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he is banking on his personality to forge a lasting bond with Putin that could improve U.S.-Russia relations and solve some of the world’s intractable problems ... For the Kremlin, blaming Obama and the Washington establishment for the world’s ills has been one way to continue winning over Trump....

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What will Putin get out of one-on-one summit with Trump?

The Mercury News 16 Jul 2018

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Trump set for Putin; summit hopes 'low'

Arkansas Online 16 Jul 2018

Trump sat for the interview Saturday in Scotland, and CBS News released excerpts on Sunday, hours before Trump flew to Helsinki, the Finnish capital ... Jon Huntsman, the U.S ... The U.S ... Sen ... Sen ... But Trump, who said last week that meeting with Putin may be "the easiest" part of his trip, is banking on his personality to forge a lasting bond with Putin that could improve U.S.-Russia relations and solve some of the world's intractable problems....

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Hungerford: U.S. stocks end second quarter higher but international stocks decline

Winston-Salem Journal 15 Jul 2018

Despite the Dow Jones average declining by 4 percent the last three weeks of June as trade-war concerns took center stage, almost all investors made money last quarter ... 1 ... has only 4.5 percent of the world’s population but owns nearly 60 percent of the world’s stocks and bonds. We are so rich, yet, I worry about the growing wealth gap — the Federal Bank of New York estimates that our wealthiest 10 percent own 84 percent of all U.S ... ....

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Banks join global fight against climate change

Taipei Times 11 Jul 2018

Some of Europe’s largest banks are unveiling plans to lend and manage money in greener ways as pressure mounts to account for risks associated with climate change ... on the bank’s balance sheet ... The strategy is to invest in cross-asset portfolios that include World Bank bonds, green bonds and environmental, social and governance-focused equity funds....

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Moody's affirms Islamic Development Bank's AAA rating with stable outlook

The National 07 Jul 2018

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Islamic Development Bank's AAA rating with a stable outlook, the credit-rating agency said on Saturday. The AAA-rating is based on the bank's strong capital base, Moody's said in a statement ... The bank, the largest development organisation in the Muslim world, will "soon" launch a $2.5bn sukuk, Reuters reported in March....

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Our obligations beyond the grey list

Dawn 02 Jul 2018

Pakistan not only launched international bonds but also entered into an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and secured funds from other multilaterals like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank ... While Pakistan has presented a long list of its achievements, including issuance of suspected transaction report (STRs) by banks and ......

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