WASHINGTON, DC [HI-RES]
Saturday, April 22, 2006 - IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings.

“The emerging diversity of economic performance in Africa is striking. As in other regions, some African countries are doing quite well, while others lag behind...This gives us hope that for more than a dozen countries in Africa reaching the Millennium Development Goals is within their grasp, but for many others the prospects of reaching the goals remain very dim”

---John Page, Chief Economist, World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Webcast | Spring Meetings Briefing Center

WASHINGTON, DC [HI-RES]
Left to right: Eric Swanson, Program Manager,Development Data Group, World Bank; John Page, Chief Economist, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank; François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank.

Photo: © World Bank / Nazanine Atabaki

WASHINGTON, DC [HI-RES]
Eric Swanson, Program Manager,Development Data Group, World Bank.

Photo: © World Bank / Nazanine Atabaki

WASHINGTON, DC [HI-RES]
François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank.

Photo: © World Bank / Nazanine Atabaki

WASHINGTON, DC [HI-RES]
John Page, Chief Economist, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank.

Photo: © World Bank / Nazanine Atabaki

WASHINGTON, DC [HI-RES]
Eric Swanson, Program Manager,Development Data Group, World Bank, holding 2006 World Development Indicator publication.

Photo: © World Bank / Nazanine Atabaki