Dr. Callisto Madavo on ACBF Senior Policymakers’ Knowledge-sharing Program

Dr. Callisto Madavo sharing his thoughts with Dr. Phineas Kadenge, Knowledge Management Officer, ACBF at The World Bank Offices in Washington D.C., USA

On 13 - 15 September 2007, Dr. Phineas Kadenge, Knowledge Management Officer, ACBF met with Dr. Callisto Madavo, Visiting Professor of African Studies at Georgetown University, Washington, DC., and ex-Vice President, Africa Region, The World Bank, to draw on his experience and share insights on The World Bank and sub-Saharan Africa – The Next Policy Paradigm, Share of the Region’s Development Assistance Funding and Challenges Facing Africa Region’s Operations. During his tenure with the World Bank for over three decades, Dr. Madavo worked on a wide range of issues such as economic growth, poverty reduction and promotion of good governance as well as sectoral matters including urbanization in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He championed a number of initiatives at the World Bank including the HIV/AIDS initiative, capacity development and infrastructure. Prior to that, Dr. Madavo served as World Bank Country Director for East Asia, formulating negotiation strategy, leading policy dialogue and managing overall Bank programs in Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, and as Country Director for East Africa. More recently, he has served as a Special Advisor to the President of the World Bank. His wealth of experience in economic reform and development in Africa, especially his decision-making role as Vice-President for the World Bank’s Africa Region embeds valuable tacit knowledge that the ACBF Knowledge Management Department is converting into explicit knowledge through the ACBF Development Memoirs Series.