World Bank and IMF support famine response and infrastructure projects

May 01, 2017, 02:15 PM

A government delegation that travelled for a World Bank group spring meeting in Washington D.C returned to Juba on Monday afternoon.

The delegation headed by finance minister Stephen Dhieu Dau reached several agreements with both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, on several issues including improvement of road infrastructure and the release of $50mln to support famine response.

Here is minister Dhieu’s statement.