World Bank Managing Director for Operations Anna Bjerde said the bank is supporting the government turning the growth into jobs and also sustainable development.
The new steps, still in discussion, come on top of initial steps approved in April that will boost World Bank lending by up to $50 billion over the next decade.
World Bank President Ajay Banga will unveil measures, including the pause on repayments and embedding catastrophe insurance into new loans in a speech in Paris on Thursday.
During meeting with Banga a day before former Mastercard CEO takes office at World Bank, Yellen ‘conveyed her strong desire for Treasury to continue close collaboration’ with him.
Banga, 63, recently completed a 3-week world tour to meet govt leaders, civil society groups and others in borrowing and donor countries as he campaigned for the bank's top post.
These discussion will focus on India’s development priorities, the World Bank, & global economic development challenges, the Treasury said in a statement.
Banga, nominated by the US to lead World Bank, gained traction with leading members, a sign that he will likely have a smooth ride to confirmation by the bank's executive board.
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