World Bank grants $165 million for multi-sector Rohingya crisis response

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"The World Bank has given a $165 million grant under the project "Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response" to help Rohingya people in Bangladesh. An agreement was signed, between Bangladesh's government and the World Bank at Economic Relation Division (ERD) of planning commission on Wednesday. Dandan Chen, World Bank acting country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan said: "The government and people of Bangladesh have shown generosity to almost a million Rohingya refugees, but now they need to address: basic services, sanitation, education, and environment. "This project addresses the current refugee crisis but goes further to help strengthen the government's overall capacity to plan, coordinate, and respond to emergencies." Under the project, 53 multi-purpose disaster shelters in-and-around the Rohingya camp will be built. It will pave more than 200km of roads, provide water and sanitation services for around 200,000 people and set up 1,500 solar streets light..."

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Bilkis Irani

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Dhaka Tribune

Date of Publication: 

2019-05-08

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2019-05-11

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Myanmar

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English

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