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World Bank CEO due today


Published : 09 Jul 2019 09:32 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 12:06 PM

World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on her first visit to Bangladesh. During the two-day visit, she will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and senior government officials as well as visit a World Bank-supported project. The visit will help further deepen and strengthen the longstanding partnership between Bangladesh and the World Bank Group. She will also join the Third Executive Meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) to be held in Dhaka today.

Georgieva said, “The World Bank is proud to have a strong partnership with the Government of Bangladesh. We support the country’s remarkable efforts to accelerate its development.” “Despite being extremely vulnerable to climate change, Bangladesh has shown the world what can be done through disaster preparedness and adaptation, she said, adding that I look forward to learning more about its successful innovations and how they can be applied elsewhere.”
Georgieva will be accompanied by Hartwig Schafer, World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region.