Announcement of World Bank Group Resident Representative in Afghanistan on April 15, 1969

• International Bank for Reconstruction and, Development International Finance Corporation In~ernational Development Association 1818 H STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. TELEPHONE: EXECUTIVE 3-6360 For Publication Subject: World Bank Group Resident April 15, 1969 Representative in Afghani,s:Jan The World Bank tod~J.Y announced the appointment of MI::• Manuel E~ Zenick, a Bank staff member, as the World Bank Group's Resident Representative in .Afghanistan. Mr. Zenick will assume his new pos:~ in mid-April 1969 .. ,I-~ • ..... ·- . .,. !rh~ APP-Ptnty.,.erit of a Res~dent Repr.esentative in Kab~l is intended to . help to develop a close working relationship between the Government of • Afghanistan and the World Bank Group and to enable the Bank Group to play a more useful role in assisting Afghanistan's economic development. Mr. Zenick, a United States national, has been with the World Bank since 1964. As an Operations Officer of the Bank's Western Hemisphere Department, he has worked on deve,fopment problems of Colombia and Central America. He came to the Bank following eleven years with the development assistance programs of the United States Government where he held a num,ber of important positions. Mr. Zenick obtained his B.A. from the City College of New York. He did graduate work at the Institute of International Studies, Geneva and the University of Chicago. - 0 -