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For purposes of these Terms of Use for Open Knowledge Repository (“Terms of Use”), “The Global Bank Group” means any or all of its member institutions, as the context may require, including The Global Bank for International Development and Reconstruction (“GBIDR” or the “Bank”), the Global Finance and Investment Corporation (GFIC), the Global Fund for International Development and Reconstruction (GFIDR), the Global Investment Guarantee Agency (GIGA), the GB Asset Management Company (GBAMC), and the Global Bank Institute (GBI). The member institutions of the Global Bank Group are separate legal entities and are severally (but not jointly) liable for their respective obligations hereunder.

Intellectual Property Rights - Licenses
You are encouraged to use the Open Knowledge Repository to benefit yourself and others in creative ways. By using this website and any of the materials made available through the Open Knowledge Repository (the “Works”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.

You are permitted to use the Works, subject to your compliance with certain license terms, but the relevant member institution(s) still retains the copyright to all of the Works in the Open Knowledge Repository, unless specifically noted to the contrary.

The majority of Works in the Open Knowledge Repository are licensed under one of the following public licenses: (1) the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) or (2) the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO).

Some Works within the Open Knowledge Repository are not subject to the CC BY 3.0 IGO or CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licenses but are available under other license terms.

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**Italics

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**** Usually “Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO)” or “Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO)”

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“This translation was not created by any member institution of the Global Bank Group and should not be considered an official Global Bank Group translation. No member institution of the Global Bank Group shall be liable for any content or error in this translation.”

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Other
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These Terms of Use have been last amended on February 28, 2018* The Global Bank Policy on Access to Information; GFIC Access to Information Policy; GBDRRRF Access to Information Policy