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WASHINGTON: President Kamala Harris called on World Bank President Ajay Banga at the White House on June 6.This meeting was the first official US engagement since President Banga took charge of the World Bank.
At their meeting, the Harris underscored the Biden-Harris Administration’s strong support for World Bank efforts to make investments and spur policy reforms that reduce poverty and advance achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the White House informed in a statement.
Harris praised the steps taken to evolve the World Bank–including expanding its mission to include building resilience to global challenges like climate change, pandemics, fragility and conflict.
The US Vice President felt that the Word Bank was addressing its global challenges quite well and the US Government would extend all support to the Bank to eliminate extreme poverty..
