ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development

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international financial institution regional development bank

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development is the regional financial institution of the Economic Community of West African States that funds development and integration projects across West Africa.

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Label	Occurrences
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development canonical	2
Banque d’Investissement et de Développement de la CEDEAO	1
ECOWAS Fund	1

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Target entity: ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development
Context triple: [ECOWAS, hasOrgan, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development]

A. West African Development Bank
The West African Development Bank is a regional financial institution that funds development and economic integration projects among West African countries.
B. African Development Bank
The African Development Bank is a multilateral development finance institution that promotes economic growth and social progress across African countries through loans, grants, and policy support.
C. ECOWAS
ECOWAS is a regional political and economic union of West African countries that promotes economic integration, peace, and development across the region.
D. African Monetary Union
The African Monetary Union is a proposed initiative to create a single continental currency and unified monetary policy for member states of the African Union.
E. ECOWAS Parliament
The ECOWAS Parliament is the legislative and consultative body of the Economic Community of West African States, representing citizens of member countries and promoting regional integration and democratic governance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development
Target entity description: ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development is the regional financial institution of the Economic Community of West African States that funds development and integration projects across West Africa.

A. West African Development Bank
The West African Development Bank is a regional financial institution that funds development and economic integration projects among West African countries.
B. African Development Bank
The African Development Bank is a multilateral development finance institution that promotes economic growth and social progress across African countries through loans, grants, and policy support.
C. ECOWAS
ECOWAS is a regional political and economic union of West African countries that promotes economic integration, peace, and development across the region.
D. African Monetary Union
The African Monetary Union is a proposed initiative to create a single continental currency and unified monetary policy for member states of the African Union.
E. ECOWAS Parliament
The ECOWAS Parliament is the legislative and consultative body of the Economic Community of West African States, representing citizens of member countries and promoting regional integration and democratic governance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international financial institution ⓘ regional development bank ⓘ
affiliation	ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States
alsoKnownAs	ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ⓘ surface form: Banque d’Investissement et de Développement de la CEDEAO
countryOfMembers	Benin ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Cape Verde Islands ⓘ surface form: Cabo Verde Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ surface form: Gambia Ghana ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Liberia ⓘ Mali ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ Togo ⓘ
currencyOfOperations	US dollar ⓘ West African CFA franc ⓘ euro ⓘ
finances	agriculture and rural development projects ⓘ energy projects ⓘ private sector projects ⓘ public sector projects ⓘ regional integration infrastructure ⓘ social and health sector projects ⓘ telecommunications projects ⓘ transport projects ⓘ
formerName	ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ECOWAS Fund
hasAbbreviation	EBID ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Togo ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lomé ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
owner	member states of ECOWAS ⓘ
parentOrganization	ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States
purpose	financing development projects in West Africa ⓘ promoting regional economic integration in West Africa ⓘ supporting public and private sector investment ⓘ
regionServed	West Africa ⓘ
sector	development finance ⓘ infrastructure finance ⓘ private sector development ⓘ regional integration projects ⓘ social sector development ⓘ
serves	member states of ECOWAS ⓘ
shortName	EBID ⓘ
website	https://www.bidc-ebid.org ⓘ

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ECOWAS → hasOrgan → ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ⓘ

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → formerName → ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ECOWAS Fund

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → alsoKnownAs → ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banque d’Investissement et de Développement de la CEDEAO

EBID → fullName → ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ⓘ

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