World Bank to Help Cameroon Recover from Major Floods and Resume Rice Production

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2013 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$108 million IDA* grant to support the Government of Cameroon’s efforts to rehabilitate embankments, dams and irrigation systems and improve disaster-preparedness in the Far North Region of Cameroon. “Northern Cameroon is characterized by high poverty levels, and it is also [...]