The newly appointed Nation Director for Nigeria, Dr. Ndiamé Diop, assumed his new place as we speak. He’s succeeding Shubham Chaudhuri who accomplished his time period in the identical capability.
Previous to his task to Abuja, Dr. Ndiamé Diop served because the World Financial institution Nation Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand, based mostly in Manila. On this place, he greater than tripled the Financial institution’s financing to the Philippines to scale up the Financial institution’s help to key financial reforms (policy-based price range help packages) and the nation’s endeavors to bridge disparities in numerous sectors, together with vitamin, stunting, healthcare, social safety supply, training, agriculture, and digital connectivity. In Malaysia, he supervised the supply of a big Malaysia-funded data program aimed toward serving to the nation develop into a high-income economic system by innovative financial analyses and technical help. Moreover, he engaged the Thai authorities to renew World Financial institution funding lending after a pause of twenty years.
“I’m most excited to be main the World Financial institution’s program in Nigeria, particularly at this important time when Nigeria has a big alternative to make progress in the direction of bettering its economic system and delivering growth outcomes for its residents. I sit up for deepening our partnership with the Authorities of Nigeria on the Federal and States stage by making certain high quality technical and monetary help which can assist speed up progress for Nigeria’s growth priorities,” mentioned Dr. Ndiamé Diop. “Nigeria is a dynamic and vibrant nation which is critical for the complete sub area. The World Financial institution Group is most dedicated to working with the Authorities, growth companions and residents to understand a thriving economic system the place jobs and financial prospects are created, and tens of millions of Nigerians are lifted out of poverty”.
In his new place Dr. Ndiamé Diop will lead the World Financial institution’s crew in Nigeria and deepen coverage dialogue and partnership with the federal government and key stakeholders. He’ll oversee the supply and implementation of lending and non-lending help to Nigeria.
Dr. Diop has held a number of management positions within the World Financial institution which embody, Head of the Macroeconomics, Commerce and Funding unit for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, based mostly in Jakarta and Bangkok, Lead Economist for Indonesia, based mostly in Jakarta, Lead economist roles for Jordan and Lebanon, Nation Economist roles within the Center East and North Africa. Notably he served because the Financial institution’s Resident Consultant for Tunisia between 2007 and 2010. He joined the World Financial institution in Washington DC in 2000 as a Younger Skilled.
As an economist, Dr. Ndiamé Diop has printed in peer reviewed Journals and books on fiscal coverage and progress, financial coverage and inflation, macro insurance policies and resilience to sudden stops in capital inflows, pure useful resource abundance, Dutch illness, and financial diversification.
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