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World Bank Regional Director for Western Balkans Confirms Continued Support to Kosovo for COVID-19 Response and Development Reforms
Visiting Kosovo, Linda Van Gelder, World Bank Regional Director for the Western Balkans, reiterated the Bank’s support to Kosovo as it deals with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and addresses its long-term development challenges.
During her visit, Van Gelder met with Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, Minister of Finance, Labor and Transfers Hekuran Murati, and Minister of Health Arben Vitia, to discuss the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, government response measures, and the World Bank’s continued support to Kosovo for a resilient recovery and more inclusive and greener economy.
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Abiding by agreements with investors and working based on them is important: World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia on Kumtor
AKIPRESS.COM - Abiding by agreements with investors and working based on them is important, said World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Lilia Burunciuc answering the question of journalists about the decline of the investment climate in the Kyrgyz Republic and decisions made in relation to the Kumtor mine.
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Washington: Growth in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia – the six countries of the Western Balkans – is expected to return in 2021, in the wake of the region’s worst economic downturn on record during 2020. Following the economic devastation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in an estimated contraction of growth in the region of 3.4 percent last year, the Western Balkans region is expected to grow by 4.4 percent in 2021. Going forward, growth is expected to moderate to 3.7 in 2022 and 2023, with lingering damage from the pandemic continuing to depress investments and employment in the region.