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  2. World Bank Economic Review - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank Economic Review is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, [1] development economics journal. It publishes a on a wide range of development related economics topics with an intended audience of both economists and other social scientists.

  3. International Comparison Program - Wikipedia

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    The International Comparison Program (shortened ICP) is a partnership of various statistical administrations of up to 199 countries guided by the World Bank.The main partners of this program are the World Bank, IMF, UN, ADB, OECD, CISSTAT, Eurostat, AfDB ESCWA, ECLAC, DFID, ABS, IDB, NMoFA who are also all part of the executive board.

  4. World Travel and Tourism Council - Wikipedia

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    The new activities led to the creation of the World Travel & Tourism Human Resources Centre in Vancouver and the World Travel & Tourism Taxation Policy Centre in the United States. [5] In 1997, the WTTC organised the first Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Vilamoura, Portugal. [4] Membership in the organisation reached 100 the same year. [4]

  5. A Guide To The World Bank - The Huffington Post

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    Between 2004 and 2013, the World Bank committed to lend or give at least $338 billion, according to bank data. Its private-lending affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, committed to invest at least $116 billion during the same period in corporations and other banks in pursuit of the overall goal of alleviating poverty.

  6. World Bank Institute - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank Institute is the capacity building branch of the World Bank. It provides learning programs, policy advice and technical assistance to policy makers, government and non-government agencies, and development practitioners of developing countries .

  7. World Bank Infoshop - Wikipedia

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    The InfoShop was a non-profit bookstore in Washington, D.C., run by the World Bank specializing in "economics and international development... current events, history, banking and finance, plus travel guides, reference books and international fiction", including discounted and remaindered books. [1]

  8. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.

  9. World Bank Group - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank Institute is the capacity development branch of the World Bank, providing learning and other capacity-building programs to member countries. The IBRD has 189 member governments, and the other institutions have between 153 and 184. [2] The institutions of the World Bank Group are all run by a board of governors meeting once a year ...