WB to continue funding rural livelihood programme

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| A 66-member delegation comprising Praful Patel, vice-president and regional director of the World Bank, Michael Carter World Bank's India country director, task managers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and officials from several Indian states, today concluded a four-day visit to various districts to study the self-help group movement. |
| Patel said that the World Bank was planning to fund the programme beyond 2008, the end of the time frame for the present assistance. |
First Published: Nov 07 2005 | 12:00 AM IST