High Flyers – Lanka Business Online

World Bank’s President James D Wolfesnsohn is due in Sri Lanka in the coming days as part of its tour to countries hit by tidal waves and participate in the ASEAN tsunami donor conference on Thursday.
World Bank’s President James D Wolfesnsohn is due in Sri Lanka in the coming days as part of its tour to countries hit by tidal waves and participate in the ASEAN tsunami donor conference on Thursday. Last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami has killed more than 155,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless across Asia and eastern Africa.

Sri Lanka
The World Bank is preparing an emergency recovery credit facility to be
ready by end February.
Sri Lanka picked up a US$ 100 mn cheque from the World Bank last Friday to
provide emergency relief to people struck by the Sunday’s d