The World Bank Group has appointed Nathan Belete, an Ethiopian national, as the new Country Director for Zimbabwe and three other countries in the region.
Belete is a development professional with over 25 years of work experience across Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.
He will be based in Dar es Salaam from where he will oversee a portfolio of about US$12.5 billion in total commitments for Zimbabwe as well as Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.
This support covers priority areas of human capital, agriculture, infrastructure, private sector development, climate, and gender.
The new appointee has managed the World Bank’s Food and Agriculture Global Practice in the East Asia and Pacific Region, based in Vietnam from 2014 to 2019.
His career at the World Bank has included assignments in the World Bank’s country offices in Nairobi, New Delhi, and Beijing with responsibilities for investments and technical assistance activities in agriculture and rural development, among others.
He was also the Sector Manager for the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Department in Indonesia.
Belete was also previously the World Bank’s Country Director for Carpe Verde, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal, based in Dakar.
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