WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a 7-year benchmark bond that matures in January 2032. The Sustainable Development Bond raised USD 6 billion from investors seeking a high-quality liquid investment that supports the World Bank’s work to end extreme poverty and boost prosperity on a livable planet.
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For Better Returns than the U.S. Stock Market, Invest in Education
We all know that education is a sound investment, but just how solid is it? We set to find out, with a comprehensive review that covered trends and patterns from a database of 1,120 estimates in 139 countries spanning nearly seven decades.
The result—a 9 percent average individual return for one extra year of schooling globally, or in other words, 9 percent increase in hourly earnings—is staggering, especially when compared to other investment options available. One such investment many people choose to invest in are United State stocks and bonds. However, when we learned that investors over a five-decade period from the mid-1960s collected only a mere 2.4 percent return, investing in education looks even more solid.
eC2: Vietnam Electricity Credit Rating and Bond Issuance Advisory Services
Deadline: 25-May-2017 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The assignment will support the Vietnam Electricity (EVN)in preparing for a credit rating and in defining a bond issuance strategy. Subsequently EVN will decide whether to proceed with an actual credit rating(Phase 2)and a bond issue(Phase 3).
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World Bank’s IFC issues first inclusive business bond
Oct 29 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s private sector arm on Wednesday sold about $105 million in “inclusive business” bonds, the first-ever debt offering that target businesses which include the world’s poorest people in their supply chains.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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