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World Bank appoints Zimbabwean vice-president

    JOHANNESBURG

    The World Bank announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Callisto Madavo, a Zimbabwean national, as its vice-president with the sole responsibility for the bank's operations in Africa as of 1 May 2000.

    Madavo, who holds MA and Ph.D degrees in economics from the University of Notre Dame in the United States, joined the Bank in 1969 and started his career as an economist in the Urbanisation and Regional Projects division, the World Bank said in a statement to IRIN.

    The statement added that Madavo had previously shared responsibility for the 47 countries of sub-Saharan Africa with Jean-Louis Sarbib, who will now assume responsibility for the bank's Middle East and North Africa region.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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