Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
IBRD

IBRD

7.2
An international bank that lends money to developing countries for projects like roads and schools
  • proper noun
translation icon : BIRF
  • The IBRD supports projects in developing nations to reduce poverty.

Examples

  • In many instances, the IBRD provides vital funding for infrastructure development in lower-income countries.

  • The scores of IBRD countries are not disclosed and are used for the Bank's internal purposes only.

    Blog text (23)

  • The World Bank (IBRD or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) is supporting this development with a $300 million loan.

    Academic text (1992)

  • This compares to a third-world average debt service ratio of 22 percent (IBRD 1986).

    Academic text (1992)

  • The suspension of aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (IBRD), the European Union (EU), and The Gambia's main bilateral donors (the U.S., Japan, Germany, and the UK) has had negative economic consequences.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Governments rely on the IBRD to facilitate loans that can enhance their economic growth and stability.

Synonyms

World Bank
vsIBRD
52 3.4

An international bank that gives loans and help to poorer countries

is the initialism for that same UN lending institution
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
vsIBRD
4.9

An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools

is the initialism representing that same UN loan agency

Surface Forms

IBRD main

Etymology

The word IBRD is made from the first letters of International, Bank, Reconstruction, and Development, where International means 'between countries', Reconstruction means 'to rebuild', and Development means 'to grow or improve'. That's why the IBRD is the World Bank institution that gives loans to help countries rebuild and grow.