Development banks are international lending groups. They lend
money to developing countries to help fuel economic growth and social
(36) . They are not part of the World Bank, the International
(37) Fund or the United Nations. The money comes from member
countries and borrowing on world markets. Development banks
provide long-term loans at market (38) . They provide even
longer-term loans at below-market interest rates. These banks also provide
technical (39) and (40) .
There are four main ones. The oldest is the Inter-American Development
Bank in Washington, D.C. It began in 1959. President Juscelino Kubitschek of
Brazil had (41) a bank to aid economic growth in the
Americas. The (42) . of American States agreed. Today the
bank is worth over 100,000 million dollars. It holds only 4 percent of that. The
other money is (43) by its members. (44) .
26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean borrow from the bank.
The African Development Bank has its roots in an agreement signed in Sudan
in 1963. It is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (45) The
country with the most votes in the bank is Nigeria, followed as of July by the
United States, Japan and Egypt. The Asian Development Bank started
in 1966. It is based in Manila, in the Philippines. There are 63 members, mostly
in Asia. (46) .
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