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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

international financial institutions, sells loans to middle-income developing countries, part of the World Bank Group
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Summary

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is a multilateral development bank[1]. It draws 1,492 Wikipedia views per month (multilateral development bank category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[4]
  • Part of: World Bank[5]
  • Foundational text: Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development[6]
  • Chairperson: Ajaypal Singh Banga[7]
  • Inception: 1944[8], 1946[9], December 27, 1945[10]
  • Parent organization or unit: World Bank Group[11]
  • Official website: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/what-we-do/brief/ibrd[12]
  • Short name: IBRD[13], BIRD[14], BIRS[15], МБРР[16], BIRF[17], ՎԶՄԲ[18], МБВР[19], BİYB[20], РАТБ[21], BIAF[22], MBOR[23]
  • Different from: World Bank Group[24], World Bank[25], International Development Association[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
  • Funder: Open Society Foundations[28]
  • Official observer status in organization: World Intellectual Property Organization[29]

Why It Matters

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved . opensocietyfoundations.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wipo.int. wipo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → World Bank
    Official observer status in organization → World Intellectual Property Organization
    Foundational text → Articles of Agreement of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    Ceo → —
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