{"id":48801,"date":"2023-09-04T09:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/world-bank-appoints-new-country-manager-for-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T10:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:09:33","slug":"world-bank-appoints-new-country-manager-for-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/world-bank-appoints-new-country-manager-for-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank appoints new Country Manager for Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based in Kigali, Kpundeh will lead the World Bank\u2019s engagement in Rwanda, which includes an active lending portfolio, a vibrant knowledge partnership, and a dynamic dialogue with the Government of Rwanda and a wide range of stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kpundeh, a US national originally from Sierra Leone, joined the World Bank in 2002 as a Senior Public Sector Management Specialist at the World Bank Institute. <\/p>\n<p>He has held various positions, including as Advisor in the World Bank\u2019s Governance Global Practice and as Country Manager in South Sudan. His most recent assignment was Country Manager for Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>In his new position, Kpundeh\u2019s priorities will be to deliver on the World Bank\u2019s Rwanda Country Partnership Framework (2021\u20132026); support the implementation of the World Bank\u2019s Evolution Roadmap and innovate its use of financial instruments, working closely with the International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, both part of the World Bank; ensure relationships with Rwanda are active across all the agencies; and lead a strong, well-functioning country team to deliver results on behalf of our client.<\/p>\n<p>Kpundeh\u2019 replaces Rolande Pryce who served in the same position since September 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59397\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg\" alt=\"The World Bank has appointed Sahr Kpundeh as the new Country Manager for Rwanda, effective September 1, 2023.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The World Bank has appointed Sahr Kpundeh as the new Country Manager for Rwanda, effective September 1, 2023. } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000059396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000059396,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/world_bank_country_manager.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000059396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48801"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=48801"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=48801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}