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- Who We Are - World Bank Group
A student in the Vocational Training Institution in Pusan, Korea, in 1980 The World Bank approved a loan of $23 million to Korea to finance a vocational training project designed to support the country’s continuing manpower development program A local women’s group in Kenya, 2008
- Mortgage loans provide access to affordable housing in West Africa
The main obstacle to the development of mortgage loans is the difficulty that commercial banks face in accessing long-term financing World Bank financing made it possible to provide these resources to them at extremely competitive rates and to enable them to offer their customers affordable mortgage loans that are capped at around $30,000 and are repayable over 10 to 15 years
- World Bank Opens Doors 75 Years Ago
Staff began the work to create policies and practices that enabled the Bank’s first operations, like the first loan to France for reconstruction and the first development loans to Chile
- From Poor Migrant Worker to Successful Business Owner
Those selected receive a grant or loan of $300 and training in financial literacy and business planning After this, livelihood beneficiaries can choose a livelihood activity to focus on For Kifle, the choice was straightforward “My great-grandfather used to keep traditional beehives, so I was exposed to the beekeeping practice
- Affordable Housing for India’s Urban Poor - World Bank Group
On that day he became the proud homeowner of a two-bedroom house in the Gautam Vihar neighborhood on the Ajmer-Jaipur Highway This transaction was largely enabled by an INR 7 lakh (US$10,300) loan from Au Housing Finance and INR 8 lakh (US$11,800) in proceeds from the sale of a piece of land in his village
- Global Program for Resilient Housing - World Bank Group
Strategy #BuildBetterBefore the disaster by creating resilient housing: a five-step solution As governments and development institutions increasingly make housing resilience a central part of their strategies, the Global Program for Resilient Housing can help countries and cities – at a fraction of the cost in a fraction of the time – secure economic investment, boost local construction
- China - World Bank Group
Discover the World Bank’s projects and results, knowledge work, and engagements in China
- Nonbank Financial Institution - World Bank Group
Weaknesses in NBFI regulation can fuel a credit bubble and asset overpricing, followed by asset price collapse and loan defaults Bank non-bank integration and supervisory integration The banking, securities, and insurance markets have become increasingly integrated, with linkages across the markets rapidly increasing
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