{"id":53336,"date":"2025-03-10T19:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-meets-wb-representative-to-strengthen-development-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:58:19","slug":"kagame-meets-wb-representative-to-strengthen-development-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-meets-wb-representative-to-strengthen-development-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame meets WB representative to strengthen development cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the meeting, President Kagame was accompanied by Francis Gatare, his Special Advisor, and Murangwa Yusuf, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank, established in 1944, is an international institution responsible for providing loans and grants to support development projects in emerging economies.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the Government of Rwanda and the World Bank have signed several development agreements, including a Frw355billion deal signed in December 2024 to support environmentally sustainable private-sector investments.<\/p>\n<p>Between March 14 and September 9, 2025, government and the World Bank will collaborate on six projects focusing on environmental protection, urban transportation services, refugee assistance, and disaster response.<\/p>\n<p>For these initiatives, the World Bank plans to provide Rwanda with USD 531.81 million (over Frw763billion) to support project implementation, pending approval by the Bank\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-83385 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pk_qimiao-d0317.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame, on March 10, 2025, met with Qimiao Fan.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-83384 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m-49-39709.jpg\" alt=\"During the meeting, President Kagame was accompanied by Francis Gatare, his Special Advisor, and Murangwa Yusuf, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame, on March 10, 2025, met with Qimiao Fan, the World Bank\u2019s representative for Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda, to discuss ongoing and future collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000083383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53336","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 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