Map policies to boost Arab growth, FM tells World Bank | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

  • Date: 09-Oct-2020
  • Source: The Daily Tribune - News of Bahrain
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:GCC
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Map policies to boost Arab growth, FM tells World Bank | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

For this, the minister urged the top bank to map appropriate policies and strategies good enought “to achieve sustainable development goals and ensure a rapid digital transformation in the region.”

Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa was taking part in a virtual meeting with the President of the World Bank Group, David R. Malpass, Arab Ministers of Finance, and Central Banks Governors.

The virtual meeting discussed the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the economies of the Arab countries.

Shaikh Salman, on behalf of  the Council of Arab Finance Ministers, hailed World Bank Group's support for combating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, while stressing the importance of synergised international efforts to weather the repercussions of the virus on the economic sector.

He voiced the aspiration of the Council of Arab Finance Ministers