World Bank/Guyana partnership continues to evolve

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday welcomed new World Bank Division Director for the Caribbean Mr. Achim Fock during a meeting at the Ministry of Finance as the new Director commences his tenure. Dr. Singh was accompanied by a team from the Ministry of Finance while Mr. Fock was accompanied by outgoing World Bank Representative for Guyana and Suriname Ms. Diletta Doretti, incoming World Bank Representative for Guyana and Suriname Mr. Juan Carlos Alvarez and other officials of the international financial institution.

During the meeting, Minister Singh and the officials discussed continued partnership between the bank and government while he also expressed appreciation for the work already done over the last years as government and the financial institution liaised on several successful projects which contributed to not only transformation in various economic sectors but allowed for much of the transformation countrywide.

Some of the projects on which the bank and government collaborated include the Guyana One Health, the Caribbean Efficient and Green Buildings, the Human Capital Development and Integrated Transport Corridor Projects.