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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    The Blockchain Offered New Debt Instrument (bond-i) will be issued by the World Bank in Washington. The project has been spearheaded by the World Bank, which is looking to use blockchain technology to improve the way it issues bonds around the world ... https.//cointelegraph.com/news/world-banks-blockchain-based-bonds-a-step-toward-adoption....
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    Commonwealth Bank of Australia Partners With World Bank to Issue First-Ever Blockchain Bond

    BitRSS 14 Aug 2018
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    Amaravati bonds oversubscribed

    The Hindu 14 Aug 2018
    The Amaravati bonds issued by the AP Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) witnessed overwhelming response from institutional investors on Tuesday. The bonds got oversubscribed by 1.5 times on the electronic bidding platform of the BSE ... Sridhar said the bonds were issued for ₹1,300 crore ... The Authority is exploring options like pooling funds through the World Bank, Hudco, the commercial banks and also market bonds....
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    Venture Capitalist Interest Drives the Blockchain Market Forward

    Market Watch 14 Aug 2018
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    World Bank, Commonwealth Bank Team up on Blockchain Sustainable Development Project

    Bitcoinist 13 Aug 2018
    The World Bank has chosen the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to help organize a new Ethereum blockchain bond denominated in Australian dollars ... The World Bank recently said they have chosen the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to become the sole arranger of a new blockchain bond that will be issued on Ethereum ... The World Bank issues $50-$60 billion dollars in bonds on an annual basis to help fund projects....
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    World Bank’s entry into blockchain not welcome by Jeffrey Tucker

    AMB Crypto 13 Aug 2018
    Following its launch, bond-i will be operated on a private Ethereum chain by the World Bank in Washington and CBA in Sydney, the Australian bank mentioned in an announcement last Friday ... Notably, the World Bank will use Microsoft Azure to run the bond in Washington ... After the World Bank and CBA tied hands, Tucker disapproved the move....
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    Philippines’ Union Bank Using Blockchain Technology For More Processes

    Colorado Springs Business Journal 13 Aug 2018
    Business World also reports that the bank had launched a clearing system connecting rural banks through blockchain-based technology last quarter ... The seventh-largest bank in the country ran Bitcoin ... Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was selected by the World Bank to issue the world’s first blockchain bond on a private Ethereum blockchain....
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    ANALYSIS-UK gilt curve gives another glimpse of 'no deal' Brexit nerves

    This is Money 13 Aug 2018
    ... the UK government bond market in recent months ... It also tends to crimp lending by reducing banks' interest margins ... Bond investors, it would seem, agree with the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of England and some of the world's biggest banks and asset management firms that a "hard Brexit" will damage the economy's health ... THE WORLD IS FLAT....
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    Corrected: Analysis - UK gilt curve gives another glimpse of 'no deal' Brexit nerves

    Yahoo Daily News 13 Aug 2018
    ... the UK government bond market in recent months ... It also tends to crimp lending by reducing banks' interest margins ... Bond investors, it would seem, agree with the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of England and some of the world's biggest banks and asset management firms that a "hard Brexit" will damage the economy's health ... THE WORLD IS FLAT....
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    Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to Launch First-ever Blockchain Bond

    LB News 12 Aug 2018
    A collaboration between the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and the World Bank has resulted in an exciting new project – the world’s first blockchain bond ... The latest move in that direction is not coming from some start-up hoping to spread global adoption, but rather from the World Bank who has instructed Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to create and issue the world’s first blockchain bond....
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