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World Bank, France and Germany pledge $52 million to support Palestinian municipalities against COVID-19 crisis
RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 01, 2021 (WAFA) – The French Agency for Development, the German Development Bank (KfW) and the World Bank today signed financing and project agreements worth $52 with the Palestinian Government to support the Palestinian response against the COVID19 pandemic at the local level.
The agreements were signed by Minister of Finance Shukri Bishara, the Minister of Local Government Majdi Al Saleh, the Consul General of France in Jerusalem René Troccaz, the Country Director of the French Agency for Development (AFD), Martin Parent, the Director of German Development Bank (KfW) Office Ramallah, David Kunze, and the Country Director of the World Bank, Kanthan Shankar.