International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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International Organization, 1955, vol. 9, issue 3, 421-425

Abstract: Lending OperationsDuring the period from March 24 to June 22, 1955, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development made nine loans in seven countries. A loan of $12 million in European currencies to the Bank of Finland was announced on March 24, bringing the total of Bank loans in Finland to over $50 million. The new loan was to be used to help finance projects for expansion and modernization of the woodproducts industry and for further development of electric power. Two commercial banks in the United States were participating in the loan, without the Bank's guarantee, to an extent of $2, 288, 000. It was expected that the Bank's loan would finance about one-fifth of the proposed projects, the remainder being financed from Finnish sources. Approximately $8 million of the loan had been allocated to five woodproducts companies and about $4 million to two electric power projects. It was further expected that about three-fourths of the foreign exchange provided by the Bank's loan would be spent in Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and about one-fourth in the United States. The loan was for a term of 15 years at an interest of 4⅝ percent a year, including the Bank's one percent commission; amortization was to begin on April 15, 1958.

Date: 1955
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