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AFRICA GROUP I CONSTITUENCY THE WORLD BANK GROUP AFRICA GROUP I CONSTITUENCY S P E C I A L VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1 SPECIAL EDITION, FE BRUARY 2017 P O I N T S O F INSIDEINTEREST: THIS VOLUMEMessage 4, ISSUE from 1 the Executive DirectorSPECIAL EDITION, Message fromBriefly thehighlight yourExecutive point of 1 FEBRUARY 2017 Director interest here. Message from the Executive Director Briefly highlight your point of interest here. Africa Group 1 elects New 2 In this regard, my Office has developed its Executive DirectorBriefly highlight your and point of own strategic work program dubbed ‘Agenda interest here. 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This edition Communiqué extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. also includes articles on the IDA18 Inside Story 4 Snapshot of Approved 22 Replenishment, Changes in the Leadership of The WBG “Forward Look” exercise, which the Constituency and the African Caucus. It Projects from October 2016 was endorsed by the Board of Governors at to DecemberInside 2016Story 5 This story can fit 75-125 words. way, the headline willalso help provides you highlights of the 2016 IMF/ the 2016 IMF/WBG Annual Meetings, aims WBG Annual Meetings as well as a snapshot Projects in pipeline - 24 keep the story focused. toYour reposition headline isthe an WBG important as it pursues the twin of approved projects, constituency pipeline December 2016-May 2017 partgoals of inthe the newsletter Sustainable and should Development Examples Goals of possible headlines Inside Story 6 projects and the current list of Africa Group 1 Africa Group I 27 be(SDGs) considered era. Mycarefully. Office intends toinclude diligently Product WinsConstituency Industry Governors and Alternate Constituency List of support this process. In a few words, it should accu- Award, New ProductGovernors. Can Save It is my hope that Governors and Governors and Alternate rately represent the contents of You Time!, MembershipAlternate Drive Governors will find this edition of Governors the Newsletter informative. the story and draw readers into Exceeds Goals, and New Office Upcoming Meetings/Events 31 the story. Develop the headline Opens Near You. before you write the story. This P A G E 2 CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP-AFRICA GROUP 1 CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR On November 1, 2016, the new Executive Boards for the World Bank Group were constituted for the two year period ending October 31, 2018. Accordingly, and in line with the Africa Group 1 Constituency rules of rota- tion, Mr. Andrew Ndaamunhu Bvumbe, a Zimbabwean national, was elected as the new Executive Director, having served as the previous Alternate Executive Director. Mr. Bvumbe brings to the Constituency Office his wealth of knowledge and experience accumulated through his professional experience at both the international and national levels. He has a distinguished career in public service having served as Executive Director on the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He also held senior level positions in the Government of Zimbabwe, including as Permanent Secre- tary, Ministry of Economic Planning and as Assistant Director, Research Department of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Mr. Bvumbe holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s (Honors) Degrees in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. Governors also endorsed the appointment of Ms. Anne Namara Kabagambe, a Ugandan national, as the Alter- nate Executive Director, for the period November 2016 to October 2018. Ms. Kabagambe has decades of pro- fessional experience in international and regional institutions, including at the AfDB and the United Nations. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California, USA and two Master’s degrees in Public Policy and in International Affairs from George Washington University and the Columbia University, respectively. Andrew Bvumbe, Executive Director Anne Kabagambe, Alternate Executive Director AFRICA GROUP I CONSTITUENCY P A G E 3 Constituency: Chair, Vice Chair, Panel Members, Development Committee Members At the 13th Statutory Meeting of Governors of the Africa Group 1 Constituency, under the Chairmanship of the Governor for Ethiopia, Honorable Abdulaziz Mohammed, Governors endorsed the rotation of leadership of the Constituency for the period November 2016 to October 2018 as follows: