Middle East and North Africa

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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/belarus">Belarus</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ru/country/belarus">Русский</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="12"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/belgium">Belgium</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/belgium">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="13"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/caribbean">Belize</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="14"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/benin">Benin</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/benin">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="15"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bhutan">Bhutan</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="16"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bolivia">Bolivia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/bolivia">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="17"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bosniaandherzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="18"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/botswana">Botswana</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="19"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/brazil">Brazil</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/brazil">Português</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="20"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bulgaria">Bulgaria</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/bg/country/bulgaria">Български</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="21"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/burkinafaso">Burkina Faso</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/burkinafaso">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="22"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/burundi">Burundi</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/burundi">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="23"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/caboverde">Cabo Verde</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/caboverde">Português</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="24"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/cambodia">Cambodia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/km/country/cambodia">ភាសាខ្មែរ</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="25"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/cameroon">Cameroon</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/cameroon">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="26"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/canada">Canada</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/canada">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="27"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/centralafricanrepublic">Central African Republic</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/centralafricanrepublic">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="28"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/chad">Chad</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/ACCUEILEXTN/PAYSEXTN/AFRICAINFRENCHEXT/CHADINFRENCHEXT/0,,menuPK:464923~pagePK:141159~piPK:55000052~theSitePK:464694,00.html">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="29"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/chile">Chile</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/chile">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="30"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china">China</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.shihang.org/zh/country/china">中文</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="31"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/colombia">Colombia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/colombia">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="32"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/comoros">Comoros</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/comoros">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="33"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/drc">Democratic Republic of Congo</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/drc">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="34"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/congo">Republic of Congo</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/congo">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="35"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/costarica">Costa Rica</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/costarica">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="36"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/cotedivoire">Cote d'Ivoire</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/cotedivoire">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="37"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/croatia">Croatia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="38"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Czech Republic</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="39"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/denmark">Denmark</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="40"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/djibouti">Djibouti</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="41"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/caribbean">Dominica</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="42"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/dominicanrepublic">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="43"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/ecuador">Ecuador</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/ecuador">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="44"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/egypt">Egypt</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/egypt">العربية</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="45"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/elsalvador">El Salvador</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/elsalvador">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="46"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/equatorialguinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="47"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/eritrea">Eritrea</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="48"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Estonia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="49"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="50"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/europe">Europe (Western)</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="51"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands">Fiji</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="52"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/finland">Finland</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="53"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/france">France</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/france">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="54"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/gabon">Gabon</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/gabon">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="55"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/gambia">The Gambia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="56"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/georgia">Georgia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="57"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/germany">Germany</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="58"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/ghana">Ghana</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="59"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/greece">Greece</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="60"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/caribbean">Grenada</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="61"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/guatemala">Guatemala</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/guatemala">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="62"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/guinea">Guinea</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/guinea">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="63"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/guineabissau">Guinea-Bissau</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/guineabissau">Português</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="64"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/caribbean">Guyana</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="65"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/haiti">Haiti</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/haiti">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="66"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/honduras">Honduras</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/honduras">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="67"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Hungary</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="68"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iceland">Iceland</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="69"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/india">India</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/hi/country/india">Hindi</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="70"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/indonesia">Indonesia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/in/country/indonesia">Bahasa</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="71"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iran">Iran</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="72"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/iraq">Iraq</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTARABICHOME/EXTARABICCOUNTRIES/MENAINARABICEXT/IRAQINARABICEXTN/0,,menuPK:494417~pagePK:141159~piPK:51068265~theSitePK:494290,00.html">عربي</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="73"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://data.worldbank.org/country/israel">Israel</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="74"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/italy">Italy</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="75"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/jamaica">Jamaica</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="76"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/japan">Japan</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ja/country/japan">日本語</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="77"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/jordan">Jordan</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/jordan">عربي</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="78"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ru/country/kazakhstan">Русский</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="79"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kenya">Kenya</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="80"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands">Kiribati</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="81"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/korea">Korea</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="82"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kosovo">Kosovo</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="83"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/brief/gcc">Kuwait</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="84"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kyrgyzrepublic">Kyrgyz Republic</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ru/country/kyrgyzrepublic">Русский</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="85"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lao">Lao PDR</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="86"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Latvia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="87"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lebanon">Lebanon</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/lebanon">عربي</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="88"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lesotho">Lesotho</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="89"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/liberia">Liberia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="90"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/libya">Libya</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/libya">عربي</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="91"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/centraleuropeandthebaltics">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="92"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/luxembourg">Luxembourg</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/luxembourg">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="93"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/macedonia">FYR of Macedonia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/mk/country/macedonia">македонски</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="94"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/madagascar">Madagascar</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/madagascar">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="95"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/malawi">Malawi</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="96"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/malaysia">Malaysia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="97"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/maldives">Maldives</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="98"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mali">Mali</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mali">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="99"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands">Marshall Islands</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="100"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mauritania">Mauritania</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mauritania">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="101"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mauritius">Mauritius</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/mauritius">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="102"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mexico">Mexico</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/mexico">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="103"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands">FS Micronesia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="104"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/moldova">Moldova</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ro/country/moldova">română</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="105"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mongolia">Mongolia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/mn/country/mongolia">Монгол</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="106"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/montenegro">Montenegro</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="107"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/morocco">Morocco</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/country/morocco">عربي</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/morocco">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="108"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mozambique">Mozambique</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/pt/country/mozambique">Português</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="109"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/myanmar">Myanmar</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="110"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/namibia">Namibia</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="111"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nepal">Nepal</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="112"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/netherlands">Netherlands</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="113"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nicaragua">Nicaragua</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/nicaragua">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="114"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/niger">Niger</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/niger">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="115"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nigeria">Nigeria</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="116"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/norway">Norway</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="117"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/brief/gcc">Oman</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="118"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pakistan">Pakistan</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="119"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands">Palau</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="120"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/panama">Panama</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/panama">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="121"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/png">Papua New Guinea</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="122"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/paraguay">Paraguay</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/paraguay">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="123"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/peru">Peru</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/peru">Español</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="124"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines">Philippines</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="125"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/poland">Poland</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/pl/country/poland">Polski</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="126"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/portugal">Portugal</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="127"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/brief/gcc">Qatar</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="128"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/romania">Romania</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ro/country/romania">Română</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="129"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/russia">Russia</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/ru/country/russia">Русский</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="130"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/rwanda">Rwanda</a><span> - </span><a class="country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/rwanda">Français</a></span> </li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="131"><span class="text"><a class="firstLevel country-search" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403040800/http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pacificislands">Samoa</a></span></li> <li class="tt-suggestion" style="display:none" data-original-index="132"><span 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