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Finance Secy Appointed Chairman of WB And IMF Africa Group

Oct 24, 2008, 6:43 AM

Honourable Mousa Gibril Bala Gaye, Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs has been appointed Chairman of the Africa Group I Constituency, which comprises 22 African countries, the majority of which are mainly English-speaking in the World Bank and IMF, namely: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This constituency, known as Africa Group 1 Constituency, elects one Executive Director and an Alternate Executive Director to represent all Constituency Members in the Boards of Directors of the World Bank Group (IBRD, IFC, MIGA, and IDA) and the IMF. Honourable Mousa Gibril Bala Gaye is also the Chairman of the Africa Group I Constituency Panel. The composition of the Constituency Panel for the period 2008 to 2010 is as follows: The Gambia (Chair), Uganda (Vice Chair), and other members include South Africa, Burundi, Malawi and Sierra Leone.[if supportFields]>tc "Finance Secy Appointed Chairman of WB And IMF Africa Group"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "New Disaster Management Bill for Gambia"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Taiwanese Foreign Minister Visits The Gambia"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Alleged Fake Currency Dealer Remanded"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "The Bite "<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "VCP Volley Referees Course Ended"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Local Sports"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Author\: Ken Follett Publisher and Date of Publication\: Pan Books; 1998 (First published 1980 in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton). Paperback; 480 pages "<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "BOOK REVIEW "<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Egalitarian Poised To Embark On European Musical Tour"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Statement by Hon Chief Justice A. K. Savage at the Enrolment of Legal Practitioners on 16th October 2008,High Court Room No 1 "<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "FOR THE RECORDS"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "SHE - SHE - SHE "<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Mangrove planting exercise at James Island "<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "People of Someta Village Benefit from Philanthropists"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "nNEWS"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif][if supportFields]>tc "Sonko Jileng Enterprises employee charged"<![endif][if supportFields]><![endif]