BEIRUT: World Bank Group President is scheduled to meet Tuesday with Lebanon’s prime minister and finance minister after visiting a social development center and a Syrian refugee school in Burj Hammoud.
Following his visit to Burj Hammoud, Jim Yong Kim is set to meet Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil before attending a donor meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tammam Salam.
Around 3 p.m., Kim will hold an open debate with Lebanese youth at the Education Ministry before a 5 p.m. news conference at the Movenpick hotel in Beirut.
Kim, who arrived in Beirut Monday, said his visit was the first by a World Bank president to Lebanon in 14 years.
He said the purpose of his trip was to discuss ways to meet the urgent needs of the country particularly in terms of reform in various sectors, encourage economic growth and plan long and short-term strategic plans.
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