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Se her (fra Verdensbankens netsted – www.worldbank.org):
Share Your Views: What Does the Middle East & North Africa Region Need Now?
Chat begins: Tuesday January 10, 2012
Ends: January 10, 2012
Start: 7:00 am EST (12:00 GMT or 13.00 Danish time)
End: 8:00 am EST (13:00 GMT or 14.00 Danish time)
Across the Middle East and North Africa, citizens are demanding a say in the way development choices are made.
A year ago, the world watched as people found the power of voice in Tunisia; a year on, the world is challenged to support the aspirations of millions of citizens across the region, reclaiming their dignity.
To mark this historical tide, the World Bank will host a live online discussion with Inger Andersen, Vice President of the Bank’s MENA region. Inger invites you to share your views with the World Bank.
The live online chat will be held in Arabic with realtime translation into English on Twitter from @WorldBankLive
To join the discussion, please go to
http://live.worldbank.org/share-your-views-what-does-middle-east-north-africa-region-need-now
Permanent URL for this page: http://go.worldbank.org/0X8FM0NS80
Biography of Inger Andersen
Inger Andersen, a Danish national, until recently was the World Bank Sector Director for Sustainable Development in the Africa region, a position she took up in 2008.
In August 2011, she replaced Dr Shamshad Akhtar (former governor State Bank of Pakistan) as World Bank vice president for the Middle East and North Africa region in a top management shuffle by World Bank President Robert Zoellick.
Since joining the Bank in 2001, she has worked in a number of capacities including: Sector Manager Water and Urban Development in Africa; Director for the Water, Agriculture and Social Development Department, Middle East and North Africa region; and Director of the Sustainable Development department in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Prior to joining the Bank, the Arab-speaking Inger Andersen worked at the United Nations in New York for 12 years, including in UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Arab States and in the United Nations Drought and Desertification Office. While at the UN, she also served on the UN’s three member delegation to the Middle East Multilateral Peace Talks.
Inger Andersen has extensive country experience including in Sudan where she worked from 1983 to 1987, with three years working for an NGO in the post famine and drought years. She received her Master’s Degree in Development Economics and African Politics from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.
