World Bank Publications | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 16/06/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:00:46 1 World Bank Group
00:01:30 2 History
00:02:22 2.1 1944–1974
00:04:20 2.2 1974–1980
00:05:36 2.3 1980–1989
00:06:45 2.4 1989–present
00:08:53 2.4.1 Criteria
00:13:06 3 Leadership
00:14:36 3.1 Presidents
00:14:44 3.2 Chief Economists
00:14:53 4 Members
00:15:27 4.1 Voting power
00:17:00 5 List of 20 largest countries by voting power in each World Bank institution
00:17:50 6 Poverty reduction strategies
00:19:27 7 Global partnerships and initiatives
00:20:41 7.1 Climate change
00:22:35 7.2 Food security
00:23:29 8 Training wings
00:23:38 8.1 Global Operations Knowledge Management Unit
00:25:03 8.2 Global Development Learning Network
00:26:22 8.2.1 GDLN Asia Pacific
00:29:18 8.3 JUSTPAL Network
00:30:46 9 Country assistance strategies
00:31:12 10 Clean Air Initiative
00:31:41 11 United Nations Development Business
00:32:36 12 Open data initiative
00:33:14 13 Grants table
00:33:50 14 Open Knowledge Repository
00:34:16 15 Criticisms and controversy
00:38:43 15.1 Structural adjustment
00:40:45 15.2 Fairness of assistance conditions
00:41:43 15.3 Sovereign immunity
00:42:21 15.4 PricewaterhouseCoopers
00:42:38 16 See also



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The World Bank (French: Banque mondiale) is an international financial institution that provides interest-free loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. 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.
The World Bank's most recent stated goal is the reduction of poverty. As of November 2018, the largest recipients of world bank loans were India ($859 million in 2018) and China ($370 million in 2018), through loans from IBRD.