Lesson4Theworldbank资料.ppt

The bank must make relatively safe loans with high assurance of repayment because its own funds are acquired through the sale of securities offerings that must compete with government and private business offerings of all sorts. 世界银行必须发行有高还款保证的相对安全的贷款，因为它是通过发行证券获得自有资金的，而其发行的证券又必须与各种政府和私人企业发行的证券相竞争。 Although it shares the bank’s administrative staff and grants credits for projects covering the same sorts of projects in the LDCs as the bank’s loans, its soft loans differ from the hard loans of the bank in several important ways. 虽然它与世界银行共用行政人员，其信贷投向的项目范围与世界银行投向欠发达国家的贷款项目种类相同，但他的软贷款与世界银行的硬贷款在某些重要的方面有所不同。 Paragraph 1 An introduction of WB Sth is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to sb/sth Common sense Credit Grant Infrastructure Communication Creditworthy Each institution plays a different but supportive role in its mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. Paragraph 2 Imperialism Preference Bilateral Donor Applicable to the entire group is the preference of most governmental borrowers for multinational or international agency loans and assistance rather than bilateral loans or aid. Importance to business Why world bank is important to business? Paraphrase each sentences 1. many companies are suppliers to borrowers in group-financed projects, and these borrowers spend billions of dollars each year buying goods and services from businesses. 2. the development finance institution in LDCs, which are partly financed and technically assisted by the group, are potential capital sources for businesses selling or working in LDCs. 3. the world bank’s center for arbitration may be able to resolve difficulties encountered by businesses in a foreign country. 国际投资纠纷解决中心 ICSID international center for settlement of investment disputes. Association and conciliation services for governments and private, foreign investors in dispute. 4. projects financed by the group tend to be mutually supportive. 5. the information that the