World Bank grants $168m to support Burundi’s climate, energy projects

The World Bank Group headquarters building in Washington, DC

The World Bank Group headquarters building in Washington, DC, US.

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The Burundian government and the World Bank have signed agreements for three grants totalling $168.3 million to finance a climate resilience project and two energy projects.

The agreements were signed in Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital, by Burundian Finance, Budget and Economic Planning Minister Nestor Ntahontuye and Hawa Cisse Wague, the World Bank representative to Burundi.