World Bank appoints new country director for Nigeria
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The World Bank has appointed Mr Shubham Chaudhuri as the new Country
Director for Nigeria, succeeding Mr Rachid Benmessaoud who completed his
term recently.
A statement issued by the World Bank’s Senior Communications Officer,
Nigeria, on Wednesday in Abuja, said Chaudhuri assumed office on
Tuesday.
It said that Chaudhuri, a U.S. national who grew up in India, joined
the World Bank in 2004 and has held several leadership positions at the
Bank, with his most recent position being Country Director for
Afghanistan.
Chaudhuri said it was an honour to be in Nigeria and have the
opportunity to help government partners, at the Federal and state
levels, realise Nigeria’s full and considerable potential.
This, he said, the bank was doing by transforming the economy,
catalysing private investment and job creation, investing in Nigeria’s
children and creating opportunities for Nigeria’s youth and women.
“The World Bank Group has a long-standing partnership with Nigeria
and I look forward to deepening our engagement with government partners,
with Nigeria’s very vibrant civil society and private sector and with
international development partners to help lift millions of Nigerians
out of poverty.”
In his new position, Chaudhuri’s top priorities would be to lead the
strategic dialogue with government, development partners and other key
stakeholders.
He would also help to develop and implement the new Country
Partnership Framework and provide customised solutions and policy advice
to Nigeria.
According to the statement, in the past, Chaudhuri had been Practice
Manager in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice for
the South Asia Region.
He also held the position of Manager of the World Bank’s Poverty
Reduction and Economic Management Department for East Asia and the
Pacific and Lead Economist for Indonesia.
As lead economist for Indonesia, Chaudhuri was responsible for
leading the overall economic policy dialogue, advisory and development
policy lending work in Indonesia.
He managed the Jakarta-based economic team, which works closely with
partners in government and in the development community to further
Indonesia’s development agenda.
Prior to relocating to Jakarta in early 2008, he worked primarily on China and on East Asia regional policy issues.
Before joining the Bank, Chaudhuri spent a decade as an Economics
professor and Director of the Programme in Economic and Political
Development at Columbia University in New York.
Chaudhuri obtained his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and
his Ph.D. from Princeton University, both in economics, the statement
added.
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