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  2. Bank for International Settlements - Wikipedia

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    www.bis.org. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution which is owned by member central banks. [2] Its primary goal is to foster international monetary and financial cooperation while serving as a bank for central banks. [3] With its establishment in 1930 it is the oldest international financial ...

  3. International Monetary Fund - Wikipedia

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    Website. imf.org. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.

  4. Bureau of Indian Standards - Wikipedia

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    Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Website. bis.gov.in. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India under Department of Consumer affairs, [2] Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. [3] It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 ...

  5. France - Wikipedia

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    The life expectancy at birth is 78 years for men and 85 years for women, one of the highest in the European Union and the World. [ 290 ] [ 291 ] There are 3.22 physicians for every 1000 inhabitants in France, [ 292 ] and average health care spending per capita was US$4,719 in 2008. [ 293 ]

  6. Bordeaux International School - Wikipedia

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    bordeaux-school .com. Bordeaux International School, also known as BIS, is a private (fee-paying) international school for ages 3–18 located in Bordeaux, France, established in 1988. Students are from both France and other countries. The medium of instruction is English and French in the primary streams and mainly English in the secondary school.

  7. Economic history of France - Wikipedia

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    Change in per capita GDP of France, 1820–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 international dollars. The economic history of France involves major events and trends, including the elaboration and extension of the seigneurial economic system (including the enserfment of peasants) in the medieval Kingdom of France, the development of the French colonial empire in the early modern ...

  8. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    France obtains the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flanders and Hainaut (from Spain). 1684: 15 August: Truce of Ratisbon: End of the War of the Reunions. France obtains further territories in the north-west from Spain. 1697: 20 September: Treaty of Ryswick: End of the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance. Territorial changes ...

  9. History of France - Wikipedia

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    Vichy France was established on 10 July 1940 to govern the unoccupied part of France and its colonies. It was led by Philippe Pétain , the aging war hero of the First World War. Petain's representatives signed a harsh Armistice on 22 June, whereby Germany kept most of the French army in camps in Germany, and France had to pay out large sums in ...