The new Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Murangwa Yussuf hosted Sahr Kpundeh, World Bank Country Manager for Rwanda, for a productive meeting.
“Discussions centred on enhancing our growing development partnership across various sectors including education, health, nutrition, social protection, and infrastructure development”, according to the Ministry.
Rwanda became a member of the World Bank on September 30, 1963, since then, the bank has provided support to different development programs in Rwanda including human capital, infrastructure, agriculture, resilience, and private sector development.
Over the last decade, one million people have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty, capitalizing on a rapidly improving agriculture sector in which the International Development Association (IDA) has been proud to make substantial investments. (End)