Bangladesh needs to improve its public service delivery and governance to accomplish the status of a middle-income nation in next decade, said World Bank vice-president Annette Dixon on Thursday.
Besides, the country should do more to narrow the power and transportation gaps, manage urbanisation, reduce climate change impacts, and also improve the business environment, she said while concluding her first visit to Bangladesh since her appointment as the WB vice-president for South Asia region in December.
‘The World Bank is keen to support Bangladesh in achieving its vision of becoming a middle-income country,’ she added.
According to a press release on Thursday, WB has already approved more than $1 billion in new financing this fiscal year to improve primary education, child nutrition, and resilience to natural disasters.
The multilateral donor agency said it was on track to disburse a total of nearly $2 billion by the end of June.
Dixon met with senior government officials, including the finance minister. She also met civil society and private sector leaders and development partners.
She visited the Export Processing Zone in Chittagong and a government health facility in Dhaka.
Source: New Age
