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Population	37.9	2013
GDP	$66.5	2013
GDP growth	-6.0%	2013
Inflation	30.0%	2013
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The World Bank administers the two Multi Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) for National and South Sudan that were called for in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Read More »

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Main Office Contact
+249-156-553-000

Xavier Furtado
Representative
+249-156-553-002

Khartoum 2, street 39, Plot 39
P.O. Box 229,
Khartoum, Sudan

xfurtado@worldbank.org

WASHINGTON
Preeti Arora
Country Program Coordinator
+1-202-458-4097

1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433

parora@worldbank.org

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The Bank of Khartoum: Innovation in Islamic Microfinance

August 5, 2014 — The Bank of Khartoum, the oldest and largest bank in Sudan, was recently recognized as a finalist in the Islamic Microfinance Challenge for its profit sharing as its model for working with farmers. Read More »
- Video: The Bank of Khartoum: Profit Sharing for Farmers
Supporting Families in Post-Conflict Sudan

April 30, 2014 — Between 2006 and 2013, Sudan's Multi-donor Trust Fund supported 15 projects that helped change lives for hundreds of thousands of families in Sudan. Read More »
- Video: Sudan, A Partnership for Shared Prosperity

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REPORT

Evaluating the Multi-Donor Trust Fund

This report explores the lessons learned and offers recommendations for the remaining operations, as well as a road map for the post-MDTF-N environment. Read More »

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LENDING

Sudan: Commitments by Fiscal Year (in millions of dollars)*

*Amounts include IBRD and IDA commitments

COUNTRY DATA

GDP growth (annual %)

Data from World Bank

WHAT'S NEW

PRESS RELEASE

Leaders Commit Billions in Major New Development Initiative for the Horn of Africa

Oct 27, 2014

WORKING PAPER

Doing Business 2015 : going beyond efficiency - Sudan

Oct 01, 2014

PRESS RELEASE

Sudan Agrees to Undertake Tough Reforms to Improve Trade Sector and Boost Economy

Sep 02, 2014

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BLOGS

Always Regulated, Never Protected: How Markets Work
Richard Mallett
Nov 03, 2014

Structural change, from Khartoum to D.C.
Ivan Rossignol
Sep 11, 2014

"No Food, No Peace"
José Cuesta
May 29, 2014

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EVENTS

Growth and Inclusion: The Path to Shared Prosperity

Mar 23, 2015

Opening Doors and Minds: Urban Migrant Inclusion In Policy and Practice

Mar 11, 2015

Google Hangout: Minimum Wage Regulations in Emerging Markets

Nov 18, 2014

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Bella Bird

Country Director for Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan

Nicola Pontara

Sector Leader

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