Hartwig Schafer arrives
World Bank (WB) Vice President Hartwig Schafer arrives in Dhaka this (Sunday) evening on a weeklong visit to assess the way of helping Rohingya, now stranded in Cox's Bazar.
During his stay in Bangladesh, Mr Schafer will visit the Rohingya camps and meet local government officials, civil society and non-governmental organisation representatives in Cox's Bazar, said the WB Dhaka office on Saturday.
The Washington-based lender has already assured the government of providing US$400 million grant to help Bangladesh deal with the Rohingya influx crisis.
It has also confirmed $75 million grant for improving health services and education of the Rohingya, many of whom are children, youths or women.
Mr Schafer will meet with senior government officials, including Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain Manju as well as private sector and civil society leaders.
He will participate in the launching ceremony of a WB report titled "South Asia's Hotspots: The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards" in Dhaka on September 26.
Besides, he will visit a World Bank-supported project, which is upgrading a unit at Ghorashal power station to more than double the unit's electricity generation capacity.
Before joining the South Asia Region in July this year, Mr Schafer served as the vice president for Global Themes and as vice president for Operations Policy and Country Services.
Previously, he served as the World Bank's Country Director for Djibouti, Egypt and Yemen.
The WB VP will leave Bangladesh on September 28 after his weeklong visit.
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