Constance L.

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WHAT IS IT????
IFI reIers to Iinancial institutions that have
been established by more than one country.
The most prominent IFIs are creations oI
multiple nations, although some bilateral
Iinancial institutions.
AMPLS:
World Bank
IMF
Multilateral development banks
UN agencies.
World Bank
stablished July 1, 1944
o WB Group consist oI
o International Bank of Reconstruction &
Development
o International Development Agency
o International Financial Corporation
o Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency
o International Center for Settlement of
International Dispute

Norwegian Delegation,
Bretton Woods,
July 1944
WORLD BANK
185 COUNTRY
The Iive largest shareholders France,
Germany, Japan, UK and US .
Low-interest loans
Interest - Iree credits .
Grants to developing countries
Financial & Technical Assistance.
IMF
Since 1944
India in 1991
Financing to Members
Advisor & Promoter
25 Gold & rest in currency
Statistics and Research
% ROL OF IMF
Increasing international monetary co-operation.
Promoting the growth oI trade.
Promoting exchange rate stability.
stablishing a system oI multilateral payments
member countries.
Building reserve base.
Funding Iacilities.
Multilateral development banks
A multilateral development bank (MDB)
is an institution, created by a group oI
countries, that provides Iinancing and
proIessional advising Ior the purpose oI
development.
xamples:
World Bank
AIrican Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
uropean Bank Ior Reconstruction and
Development
Inter-American Development Bank
Borrowing Institutions:
Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Central American Bank Ior conomic
Integration(CABI)
ast AIrican Development Bank(ADB)
West AIrican Development Bank(BOAD)
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
(BSTDB)
Types oI IFIS:
Bretton Woods institutions
Regional development banks
Bilateral development banks
Other regional financial
institutions
Bretton Woods Institutions
AIter World War II to assist in the
reconstruction oI urope and provide
mechanisms Ior international cooperation in
managing the global Iinancial system
Regional Development Banks
Inter-American Development Bank
(which works in the Americas, but
primarily Ior development in Latin
America and the Caribbean)
Asian Development Bank
AIrican Development Bank
uropean Bank
Bilateral Development Banks
Bilateral development banks are Iinancial
institutions set up by individual countries to
Iinance development projects in developing
countries and emerging markets.
xamples :
Netherlands Development Finance
Company.
German Development Bank .
Regional Financial Institutions
uropean Investment Bank
( An institution established by the members oI the uropean Union.)
Black Sea Development Bank
International Investment Bank
(established by the countries oI the Iormer Soviet Union and
astern urope)
Islamic Development Bank
Nordic Investment Bank.
Think overseas
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