International Aid: The World Bank

The World Bank: WASHINGTON - The World Bank is helping Lebanon prepare the ground to request an influx of international aid to offset the high costs of spillover from the Syrian civil war, the bank's president, Jim Yong Kim, said Tuesday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Kim said the bank made a "very intensive effort" to finish the assessment in a few weeks, something that normally would take six to nine months. World Bank President Jim Kim speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the World Bank in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. He says his staff is doing a rush assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on Lebanon to prepare the ground for a new wave of international aid. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Kim said in an interview with The Associated Press that the Lebanese government asked the World Bank to take the lead in preparing a quick assessment of the social and economic impacts of the war in neighbouring Syria. This analysis will be presented at a Sept. 25 meeting of an international support group for Lebanon at the United Nations General Assembly. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.