WASHINGTON, D.C.: An internal investigation over the World Bank’s controversial handling of a $1 billion loan from China to help poor countries has found no evidence of fraud, according to documents reviewed on Thursday (Friday in Manila) by Agence France-Presse.

A law firm hired by the global development lender said there was nothing untoward in the unusual structure to accommodate the loan created by two of the Bank’s arms, the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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