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    AfDB working to redefine meaning of 'local staff'

    With the majority of its employees now relocated from Tunis to Abidjan, the African Development Bank is already looking ahead. Find out how the institution is planning to provide more opportunity for its employees to work in different countries in this video interview.

    By Kelli Rogers // 28 October 2014

    With roughly 60 to 70 percent of its employees now relocated from a temporary office in Tunis to the bank’s former — and perhaps permanent — headquarters in Abidjan, the African Development Bank is already looking ahead.

    The move of 1,600 staff members along with their spouses and family has been a challenge,

    David Munyoro, the bank’s chief recruitment coordination officer, told Devex’s Kate Warren at the Devex Career Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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      Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.

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