Hartwig Schafer

In South Asia, the road safety battle can be won

Every time I cross the jammed roads in South Asia, I am reminded how dangerous and even deadly they are for hundreds of thousands of people in the region.

World needs to step up support for the Rohingya

What I saw on my first visit to Bangladesh, as the vice president of the World Bank's South Asia Region, was a human tragedy as far as the eye could see.

March 22, 2020
March 22, 2020

In South Asia, the road safety battle can be won

Every time I cross the jammed roads in South Asia, I am reminded how dangerous and even deadly they are for hundreds of thousands of people in the region.

October 9, 2018
October 9, 2018

World needs to step up support for the Rohingya

What I saw on my first visit to Bangladesh, as the vice president of the World Bank's South Asia Region, was a human tragedy as far as the eye could see.

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