Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau

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Name (Latin)
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
Other forms of name
Reconstruction Credit Institute
Institut de crédit pour la reconstruction
K.W. (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau)
KW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau)
KfW
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt am Main
Reconstruction Loan Corporation
Associated country
Germany
Field of activity
Credit--Germany
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 156661252
Wikidata: Q658270
Library of congress: n 50077997
HAI10: 000630421
Sources of Information
  • KfW website, viewed August 14, 2018:banner (KfW, (in smaller font) Bank aus Verantwortung) footer (KfW, Frankfurt am Main) menu path (German version KfW-Konzern, KfW; English version KfW Group, KfW) History of KfW, KfW by decade, 2000 to 2010 (the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau becomes KfW Group; by the mid-90s the Staatsbank Berlin, a successor of the GDR Staatsbank, is a member of the KfW family; in 2001 KfW acquires the Federal Government's shares in DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft), and later acquires 1/3 of the shares in IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG; in 2003 the DtA (Deutsche Ausgleichsbank) is merged with KfW; the work of KfW Bankengruppe is now placed on a new footing thanks to law revision)
  • La cooperation allemande au Mali, 2002-2004, 2002?:p. 1 (Institut de crédit pour la reconstruction (KfW))
  • Plan de ordenamiento ambiental de la cuenca del Río Jequetepeque ... 1988:t.p. (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, "Kfw") text (KfW)
  • Voss, W. Die Berücksichtigung von Geldwertänderungen in Wirtschaftlichkeits- und Finanzrechnungen, 1978:leaf 2 (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KW))
  • Wikipedia, August 14, 2018(KfW; former KfW Bankengruppe; German-owned develoment bank, based in Frankfurt; name originally comes from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau ("Reconstruction Credit Institute"), formed in 1948 after World War II as part of the Marshall Plan; KfW is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany (80% and the States of Germany (20%))
  • Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945- Vereinigtes Wirtschaftsgebiet). Laws, stats., etc.Gesetz.
  • Voss, W. Die Berucksichtigung von Geldwertanderungen in Wirtschaftlichkeits- und Finanzrechnungen, 1978:leaf 2 (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KW))
  • Plan de ordenamiento ambiental de la cuenca del Rio Jequetepeque ... 1988:t.p. (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau, "Kfw") text (KfW)
  • La cooperation allemande au Mali, 2002-2004, 2002?:p. 1 (Institut de credit pour la reconstruction (KfW))
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Wikipedia description:

The KfW, which together with its subsidiaries DEG, KfW IPEX-Bank and FuB forms the KfW Bankengruppe ("banking group"), is a German state-owned investment and development bank, based in Frankfurt. As of 2025, it is one of the world's leading development banks, ranking third globally by total assets according to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. It also remains Germany's third largest bank overall. Its name originally comes from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau ("Credit Institute for Reconstruction"). It was formed in 1948 after World War II as part of the Marshall Plan. In 2024, Germany was the second-largest provider of development co-operation among the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Germany's total official development assistance (ODA) decreased to USD 32.4 billion (preliminary data), representing 0.67% of gross national income (GNI). Bilateral co-operation, primarily led by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), constitutes the bulk of this assistance, while the Federal Foreign Office oversees humanitarian aid and crisis prevention.

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