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Zimbabwean lands AfDB top post
10 Mar 2015 at 06:18hrs | Views
Zimbabwean Calisto Madavo has been appointed as an advisor to the African Development Bank (AfDB) high-level panel to deal with the continent's fragile states.
The appointment of Madavo, alongside Gunilla Carlsson and Tertius Zongo, was done last month and the trio will join the High Level Panel on Fragile States chaired by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
The panel was established by AfDB in 2012 to consider and discuss critical and strategic issues for the development community towards enhanced and effective recommendations for engagement in countries affected by conflict and crises in Africa.
The panel was also requested to support AfDB's own thinking on becoming more responsive throughout the different phases of the fragility continuum while focusing on the achievement of the country's long term results and impact for state-building and state legitimacy.
Madavo has extensive experience in development work covering many sectors across Africa, Asia and Latin America. He spent 35 years at the World Bank.
He also held the position of Vice-President for Africa for eight years.
The appointment of Madavo, alongside Gunilla Carlsson and Tertius Zongo, was done last month and the trio will join the High Level Panel on Fragile States chaired by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
The panel was established by AfDB in 2012 to consider and discuss critical and strategic issues for the development community towards enhanced and effective recommendations for engagement in countries affected by conflict and crises in Africa.
Madavo has extensive experience in development work covering many sectors across Africa, Asia and Latin America. He spent 35 years at the World Bank.
He also held the position of Vice-President for Africa for eight years.
Source - newsday
