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President Of World Bank Visits Ghana Today

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President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim is expected to visit Ghana today, Friday 16 October to among others launch a report on poverty in Africa and further highlight Ghana’s progress in its effort end extreme poverty.

Reports from the World Bank indicate the World Bank’s president’s visit to Accra will add up to activities this week to focus on ending extreme poverty by the year 2030.

During the first part of his visit, Dr. Kim will be joined by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and other development partners as well as civil society leaders, private sector representatives, and student leaders to observe “End Poverty Day” in Jamestown, Accra, where they will together launch a regional flagship report, ‘Poverty in a Rising Africa’.

Kim will also participate in a “Shared Prosperity Forum” in the afternoon at the University of Ghana, Legon, along with government ministers from Africa, civil society and private sector leaders to share thoughts on what it will take to end extreme poverty in Africa and the rest of the world by 2030.

Source:  World Bank

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