Front row: Shubham Chaudhuri, Nigeria Country Director World Bank (1st from left), Ozavize Salami, Executive Chairman, Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (2nd from left); Mari Pagestu, Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnership (3rd from left) during a visit to an EdoBEST school in Benin City
The World Bank defines its mission in two ways - to end extreme poverty and to increase shared prosperity. With education a proven way to increase income for individuals and prosperity for whole societies, one way the Bank seeks to fulfill that mission is to seek out, support and invest in programs
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Teliat Sule
Teliat Abiodun Sule
Assistant Editor, Economy & Markets
