By Linda Kwanjana
Malawi leader President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Tuesday met World Bank Management team in Washington DC.
Confirming the meeting via his Facebook page the president said was happy that World Bank was committed to help Malawi improve its macro- economic landscape.
He wrote on his Facebook page ; “The World Bank says it is committed to help Malawi accelerate economic growth and transform livelihoods of its citizens.”
Chakwera has since hailed World Bank team for ensuring that funds collected are used for poor purposes.
Chakwera said “During an interaction with Managing Director for World Bank responsible for operations, Anna Bjerde, at the bank’s headquarters in Washington DC, we agreed on the importance of utilising the bank’s fund for poorer countries, International Development Association (IDA),”
He said among the priority issues was the inclusion of Malawi as one of the 15 pioneering African economies to benefit from an ambitious project designed to provide electricity access to 300 million Africans by 2030.
He said the World Bank understands that Malawi requires tailor-made interventions to bolster investments in clean energy as a catalyst to sustainable development.
