World Bank Country Director for Sudan and South Sudan Visits Khartoum
Khartoum – World Bank Country Director for Sudan and South Sudan, Ms. Deborah Bella Bird, stated its visit to Khartoum to review development opportunities and challenges.
She will hold meetings with the officials of the government’s concerned institutions, Donors, UN Partners and World Bank Staff in Khartoum.
Ms. Bird will present a comprehensive report on the World Bank’s programme in Sudan, especially in poverty reduction and sustainable development.
She will discuss the progress in rehabilitation efforts in Sudan financed by the Donors Fund under the supervision of the World Bank, besides discussing the continuous government efforts to confront the post-secession challenges and the arrangements of poverty reduction strategy.
It is to be noted that Ms Bird was appointed recently as Country Director in Sudan and South Sudan.
By Shadia Basheri, 19 hours 38 minutes ago