[ 2011-04-08 ]

World Bank will assist countries that host refugees
The World Bank would assist countries hosting
refugees to take care of them, Madam Sara Cliffe,
Director of World Bank’s 2011 World Development
Report, said in Accra on Thursday.

Answering questions during a video press
conference from Washington DC, she said exodus of
refugees into countries had some negative effects
on the GDP, which needed the concerted efforts of
all and sundry to help address.

The video press conference connected to about 21
African countries was a prelude to the launching
of the World Bank’s 2011 World Development
Report scheduled for Monday, April 11.

Madam Cliffe was answering a question from Ghana
as to measures being instituted by the Bank to
help refugees especially from Cote d’Ivoire to
Ghana, which would have a negative impact on the
country’s economy.

She said the World Bank had always been interested
in supporting areas of development in most parts
of the world where people were displaced by
disasters and epidemics.

However, Madam Cliffe did not mention any specific
amount that the Bank had set aside for such
assistance.

Source - GNA

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