International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (IBRD), independent...loans to member nations, but, under government guarantee, to private investors...of governors, one from each member state. Votes are allocated according to...Great Britain, Japan, and the United States, and 17 elected by the remaining...invests in private enterprises without government guarantee. The IFC has 181 member...