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Ida

Mount
1. a mountain in central Crete: the highest on the island; in ancient times associated with the worship of Zeus. Height: 2456 m (8057 ft)
2. a mountain in NW Turkey, southeast of the site of ancient Troy. Height: 1767 m (5797 ft.)
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IDA

(organic chemistry)
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Ida

nymph who guarded infant Zeus from being eaten by father, Cronus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 134]
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IDA

(Intelligent Drive Array) An earlier high-performance disk subsystem from Compaq, which was acquired by HP.
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Ida

 

(also called Psiloriti), a mountain massif in central Crete. Composed of limestones. Elevation, 2,456 m. The stony slopes of the massif are covered by sparse prickly and pulvinate xeromorphic undershrubs and shrubs and stiff grasses.

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The project is funded by the International Development Association (World Bank), which allocated $50 million for these purposes, 50%of which are grant funds.
The International Development Association (IDA) credit complements $19.4 million that have already been allocated to the West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project (WARCIP) in 2011 that centered around improving international connectivity via a fiber optic network linking Ouagadougou to the Ghanaian border, as well as creating a public-private partnership to operate related telecommunications infrastructure.
The delegation will be headed by Kristalina Georgieva, Chief Executive Officer of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association, as part of the World Bank Group.
The Bank further said that the year ended with a record disbursement of 1.695 billion dollars, of which more than 90 percent was from highly concessional International Development Association.
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Projected IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction) and IDA (International Development Association) lending for the region in the 2012 financial year is US$ 6.7 billion.
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