Dr. Laurence Clarke

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  Published on: 5/7/2008    Last Visited: 9/11/2008  

  "You have extremely weak capacity after the war," says Mr Laurence Clarke, the Southern Sudan World Bank Manager.
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  "In the end, money is just part of the problem," says Mr Clarke.
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  "I realise it's a large difference between the two — we know what is reasonable for post conflict countries," Mr Clarke says.
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  "Unemployment can be a nightmare and you run the risk of running into a new conflict," says Mr Clarke.

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  Published on: 5/6/2008    Last Visited: 7/30/2008  

  According to Laurence Clarke, a World Bank official for Southern Sudan, constructing a classroom block in Southern Sudan costs $250,000 - three times the cost in Angola ($80,000) and Liberia ($60,000).
  
  "I realise it's a large difference between the two [and] we know what is reasonable for post-conflict countries," he said in Juba, Southern Sudan's capital.The high price could arise from the fact that materials and labour are imported.
  
  "Everything is expensive in Sudan," Clarke added said.
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  "In most post-conflict countries, large-scale retrenchment is problematic; it is difficult to implement," said Laurence Clarke, the World Bank Southern Sudan manager.
  
  But, he added, unemployment was a much bigger threat to a post-war government's future than over-employment.

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  Published on: 11/10/2001    Last Visited: 6/20/2002  

  The World Bank and Zambia have agreed to a $42 million credit to fight HIV/AIDS, World Bank Zambia Country Manager Laurence Clarke said on Sunday.Part of the World Bank credit would be used to strengthen AIDS awareness campaigns in all government ministries and departments, and help launch grassroots campaigns, said C
  
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  About Us - Queen's College of Guyana - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/6/2008    Last Visited: 7/6/2008  

  Dr. Laurence Clarke, a distinguished alumnus who now heads the World Bank country office in Angola, chronicled the school's history from its inception up to 1994, as a tribute to its 150th anniversary.

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  Published on: 4/29/2002    Last Visited: 7/9/2004  

  The government believes Anglo must leave after paying for its obligations as fully as possible," said Laurence Clarke, the World Bank's Zambia country manager."Anglo can't just walk away".He said Anglo had legal, environmental and moral obligations to the Zambian government, its people, and its partners in the Konkola business but offered no further details.
  
  "Anglo must leave in an orderly manner," Clarke added.

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  Published on: 2/11/2002    Last Visited: 2/28/2004  

  In such cases, the Bank encourages governments to expand the role of public financing and to diminish dependence on fees," World Bank country representative Lawrence Clarke told IRIN.
  
  "Initiatives to abolish fees should be well planned in advance, providing not only for replacement of fee revenue by public funds, but also taking into account likely substantial increases in enrolment, and the consequent need for increases in school inputs," he added.
  
  Clarke cautioned the government against adopting education reforms similar to those undertaken in Uganda, Malawi, and Lesotho, where the scrapping of school fees saw an increase in school enrolments, but not in the quality of education.
  
  "In these countries, enrolment surges without adequate advance planning and without commensurate increases in school inputs has led to significant erosion of quality.This type of experience should not be imitated, since the objective of the educational process is learning and not merely attendance.It is taking these countries several years to restore quality to what it had been earlier," he said.

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  Published on: 8/19/2001    Last Visited: 5/31/2002  

  Laurence Clarke, World Bank country manager for Zambia, told the $ 50 mm -- to be disbursed in late May or June -- was the last tranche of a $ 140 mm credit.Part of the money will be used to improve operations at the Tanzania-Zambia Pipeline (Tazama), owned by the governments of Zambia and Tanzania.Tazama is to be offered for a 10-15 year concession -- giving full management rights to a private firm.
  
  Crude oil destined for Tanzania is usually imported via the Dar es Salaam port and shipped on Tazama, but inefficiency problems at Zambia's Indeni Oil Refinery have forced it to often import refined fuel in recent months.Zambia's Indeni refinery has faced severe liquidity problems and Zambia's Treasury says it will also commercialise operations there, but has offered no timetable. Clarke said fuel prices in Zambia -- at about $ 1 per litre -- were among the highest in the region, noting that the prices often escalated because of more than 100 % taxation.With nearly 80 % of Zambia's 11 mm people living well below the World Bank poverty threshold of $ 1 a day, an upward trend in fuel prices has hurt disposable incomes.
  
  Privatisation of Tazama and the state power utility Zesco, state telecommunications company Zamtel and the Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) are key components of a debt relief package between Zambia and international lenders. Zambia qualified for relief under the enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative in 2000, and its $ 7.3 bn debt is set to be cut by half when it reaches the so-called completion point in December 2003.Completion point refers to a record of consistent economic reform justifying HIPC benefits.Zambia requires some 600,000 tpy of fuel, most of it in its vast but troubled copper and cobalt mining firms.

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  Published on: 10/12/2008    Last Visited: 12/15/2004  

  On his turn, the World Bank (WB) representative in Angola, Laurence Clark, said the country has a potential that allows the development of various tropical and sub-tropical cultures, well as favourable conditions for food self-sufficiency and once again become a great exporter of agricultural products.
  
  Lasting three days, the forum is analysing the potentialities and challenges of the agrarian sector, development policies and options of the agrarian sector, strategies for sustainable rural development, among others.The seminar is sponsored by World Bank, the UNDP and FAO.

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  Published on: 10/28/2004    Last Visited: 11/22/2005  

  Luanda, 11/22 - World Bank (WB) representative to Angola, Laurence Clarke, said today in Luanda that his institution`s managing board approved five projects...

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  Published on: 10/29/2004    Last Visited: 11/23/2005  

  Luanda, 11/22 - World Bank (WB) representative to Angola, Laurence Clarke, said today in Luanda that his institution`s managing board approved five projects...

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