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Haiti - Reconstruction : President Martelly meets the World Bank 08/09/2011 18:22:40 The World Bank high level officials will meet with Haiti's President Michel Martelly to discuss his priorities and how the Bank can continue to support the country. They will then meet with representatives from the public and the private sectors to exchange views on Haiti's opportunities and challenges. "The World Bank's assistance directly supports the Government of Haiti's development strategy and its most pressing needs, particularly housing reconstruction and education, which will contribute to the country's long-term recovery," said Cox. "The Bank is also working to address disaster risk management, increase agricultural productivity, create jobs, and improve access to basic services." On Thursday, Cox will join President Martelly and Wilson Jeudy, Mayor of the municipality of Delmas, to launch the "Port-au-Prince Neighborhood Reconstruction and Housing Program". This program is funded by a US$30 million grant from the Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and a US$65 million grant from the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) and implemented by the World Bank. It supports the reconstruction efforts of the government and seeks to create safe conditions for the return of residents of some of the most severely affected areas in the Haitian capital, help them start repairing and/or rebuilding their homes, and resume economic activities. "The international community is committed to supporting Haiti's ongoing reconstruction," said van Trotsenburg, who oversees IDA, the Bank's fund for the poorest. "After the earthquake, IDA support, provided exclusively grants, funded rapid response projects on the ground. With subsequent support from donors, IDA also mobilized US$500 million for Haiti through a special Crisis Response Window to contribute to the longer term economic recovery efforts." On Friday, both officials will attend the launch of President Martelly's education initiative, "Lekol Timoun Yo" (School for Your Children), which is partially financed by the World Bank's Education for All (EFA) Project. President Martelly has made free and compulsory education one of the central pillars of his government. There are an estimated 400,000-500,000 children out of school in the country. The Government of Haiti has raised US$16 million through fees on international calls and financial transactions to finance education services. The government has decided to channel these resources through the existing tuition waiver mechanism, originally established in 2007 with World Bank support, and co-financed by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The World Bank Vice Presidents and President Martelly will also discuss the achievements of the EFA project and a potential expansion of the tuition waiver mechanism. Since 2007, the World Bank, together with resources by the Education for All Fast-Track Initiative, has spent US$70 million on education, financing the tuition of about 175,000 Haitian children and serving over 70,000 children hot meals in school every day. In addition, the Bank has supported the training of more than 3,000 teachers, helped with the reconstruction of schools and is accompanying the government in the drafting of the National Action Plan for Safer Schools. HL/ HaitiLibre
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