World Bank Executive Directors Visit India
New Delhi, February 3, 2005 – A group of nine Executive and Alternate Executive Directors (EDs) and one member of the Corporate Secretariat of the
World Bank arrived on a 5 day visit to India today . The visiting group represents 56 out of the Bank’s 184 member
countries. The visit is part of a regular program where EDs visit a number of countries each year to review Bank
programs and policies and results on the ground.
The visiting group includes Sid Ahmed Dib from Algeria, Ad Melkert from Netherlands, Tom Scholar from United Kingdom,
Chander Mohan Vasudev from India, Pietro Veglio from Switzerland, Jorge Familiar Calderon from Mexico, Terrence O’Brien
from Australia, Yoshio Toshio Oya from Japan, and Anthony Requin from France. During their visit, they will attend
briefings by key policy makers in India on matters related to poverty reduction, including education, health, rural
development, infrastructure, private sector development, improving public service delivery and the investment climate.
The delegation will meet with the senior Government officials from the Ministries of Finance, Power and Water Resources
and from the Planning Commission. The delegation will call on the Minister of Road Transport and Highways. The group
will also visit several development projects including in education, health and infrastructure sectors to better
acquaint themselves with the situation on the ground.
The EDs and Alternative EDs are not part of the Bank’s management. They play a dual role as officers of the Bank, and
representatives of the governments in their constituencies on the World Bank’s 24 member Board of Directors. All World
Bank loans and credits must get approval from the Board of Directors. Chander Mohan Vasudev, Executive Director from
India, who also represents Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka in addition to his own country, India on the World Bank’s
Board of Directors, is the host of the delegation visiting India.
For more information on the World Bank's activities in India, visit: