The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is a Winner of the 2016 Global Sustainable Development Award and Accredited as a Global 500 Sustainable Development Agencies of the year 2016 in appreciation of its contribution towards social-economic development of the world and its contribution towards attainment of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Recognised for its commitment to attain Sustainable Peace and development through providing loans and other assistance primarily to middle income countries. .Awarded and Accredited by Public Opinions International (Uganda-East Africa).
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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development was created in 1944 to help Europe rebuild after World War II. Today, IBRD provides loans and other assistance primarily to middle income countries.
IBRD is the original World Bank institution. It works closely with the rest of the World Bank Group to help developing countries reduce poverty, promote economic growth, and build prosperity.
IBRD is owned by the governments of its 189 member countries, which are represented by a 25-member board of 5 appointed and 20 elected Executive Directors.
The institution provides a combination of financial resources, knowledge and technical services, and strategic advice to developing countries, including middle income and credit-worthy lower income countries. Specifically, IBRD:
- Supports long-term human and social development that private creditors do not finance
- Preserves borrowers’ financial strength by providing support in times of crisis, when poor people are most adversely affected
- Promotes key policy and institutional reforms (such as safety net or anti-corruption reforms)
- Creates a favorable investment climate to catalyze the provision of private capital
- Facilitates access to financial markets often at more favorable terms than members can achieve on their own
IBRD’s Services
The World Bank Group works with middle income countries simultaneously as clients, shareholders, and global actors. As this partnership evolves, IBRD is providing innovative financial solutions, including financial products (loans, guarantees, and risk management products) and knowledge and advisory services (including on a reimbursable basis) to governments at both the national and subnational levels.
IBRD finances projects across all sectors and provides technical support and expertise at various stages of a project.
IBRD’s financial products and services help countries build resilience to shocks by facilitating access to products that mitigate the negative impact of currency, interest rate, and commodity price volatility, natural disasters and extreme weather.
Unlike commercial lending, IBRD’s financing not only supplies borrowing countries with needed financing, but also serves as a vehicle for global knowledge transfer and technical assistance.
Advisory services in public debt and asset management help governments, official sector institutions, and development organizations build institutional capacity to protect and expand financial resources.
IBRD supports government efforts to strengthen not only public financial management, but to also improve the investment climate, address service delivery bottlenecks, and other policy and institutional actions.
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How IBRD Is Financed
IBRD raises most of its funds in the world’s financial markets. In fact, in these markets, IBRD is known simply as the World Bank. This practice has allowed IBRD to provide more than $500 billion in loans to alleviate poverty around the world since 1946, with its shareholder governments paying in about $14 billion in capital.
IBRD has maintained a triple-A rating since 1959. Its high credit rating allows it to borrow at low cost and offer middle-income developing countries access to capital on favorable terms — in larger volumes, with longer maturities, and in a more sustainable manner than world financial markets typically provide.
IBRD earns income every year from the return on its equity and from the small margin it makes on lending. This pays for IBRD’s operating expenses, goes into reserves to strengthen the balance sheet, and provides an annual transfer of funds to IDA, the fund for the poorest countries.
Learn more:
- Bonds and Investment Products
- IBRD Financial Information Statement (pdf)
- IBRD Financial Strength
- Information for Socially Responsible Investors
- World Bank Green Bonds
Results
The World Bank has helped millions of poor people in middle income countries gain access to jobs, markets, and social services; helped provide them with essential services such as water, electricity, and roads; and worked with governments to improve governance and public sector management.
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