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Haiti reconstruction gaining momentum: Worldbank VP to visit
The World Bank‘s newly-appointed vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean, Hasan Tuluy, is to begin a two-day visit to Haiti on Wednesday, his first official visit to the region since taking office on January 1, the bank said in a statement.
Following talks on Monday with the visiting Haitian prime minister Garry Conille in Washington, Tuluy will travel to Port au Prince where he will discuss the bank’s role in the earthquake-ravaged country’s reconstruction and development with the finance minister André Lemercier Georges.
Conille is currently leading a five-day mission to Washington that includes talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and leaders in the US Congress.
The Washington-based financial institution said Tuluy will also talk with government officials and business leaders about Haiti’s growth opportunities, as the country rebuilds an economy that has lost more than its entire value.
“This is my first official trip, and it reflects the priority we give Haiti,” Tuluy said, adding that he looks forward to seeing first-hand how, two years after the devastating earthquake, “reconstruction is gaining momentum with tangible results on the ground.”
“In spite of the many challenges, a lot has been achieved through the joint efforts of Haitians and international partners,” he continued, pledging “significant human and financial resources” to Haitian reconstruction.
On Wednesday, Tuluy and the Haitian minister for public works, Jacques Rousseau, will meet at the Office of Building Assessments, an agency the World Bank helped to create after the 2010 earthquake.
