World Bank Chief Calls For New Role In Middle East |
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March 21, 2011
The World Bank needs to rethink its role in the Arab world to find a way to tackle the pressing economic and social problems that sparked political unrest, the bank's President Robert Zoellick said on Monday.
The World Bank needs to rethink its role in the Arab world to find a way to tackle the pressing economic and social problems that sparked political unrest, the bank's President Robert Zoellick said on Monday.
The poverty-fighting institution needs to find some way to convince resistant governments change is needed, he said.
"We have produced a number of flagship reports on governance, youth inequality, quality of education, special disparities, and the noncompetitive nature of the private sector in the region," Zoellick said in opening remarks at a World Bank conference on Arab issues.
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