Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has hailed an Es­tab­lish­ment Agree­ment signed with the World Bank for the es­tab­lish­ment and op­er­a­tion of of­fices here.

She says it will fo­cus on strength­en­ing part­ner­ships and sup­port­ing eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment in this coun­try.

The agree­ment was signed on Thurs­day be­tween Port-of-Spain and the In­ter­na­tion­al Bank for Re­con­struc­tion and De­vel­op­ment (IBRD), the In­ter­na­tion­al De­vel­op­ment As­so­ci­a­tion (IDA), the In­ter­na­tion­al Fi­nance Cor­po­ra­tion (IFC), and the Mul­ti­lat­er­al In­vest­ment Guar­an­tee Agency (MI­GA).