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World Bank Promotes Sustainable Tourism in Ethiopia

By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 02 July 2009

The World Bank will lend $35 million to promote sustainable tourism in Ethiopia. "The proposed project provides much needed assistance to Ethiopia to unleash the unique potential of Ethiopia's tourism sector through product improvement, market development and capabilities enhancement," said Francois Nankobogo, the bank's task team leader for the project.
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Ma. Rizza Leonzon
As a staff writer, Rizza focuses mainly on business coverage, including key donors such as the Asian Development Bank and AusAID. She covers breaking business news particularly at the ADB and has conducted interviews with specialists from the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank and other top players in international development. Rizza also contributes to the daily Development Newswire and other Devex publications.