IBRD

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IBRD
Stands forInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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IBRD stands for International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an international organization abbreviation.

Original World Bank institution, founded in 1944, which lends to governments of middle-income and creditworthy lower-income countries for development projects and policy programs, funded largely by borrowing on capital markets.

Example: The country signed an IBRD loan to modernize its electricity grid.

Usage notes

Its first loan, in 1947, went to France for postwar reconstruction. It is owned by its member governments, which subscribe capital. Together with IDA it makes up what is commonly called the World Bank.

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