World Bank post aims to counter sex bias
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THE World Bank has appointed its first adviser tasked with promoting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues in its development work.
The newly created senior position is part of the bank’s efforts to solidify its commitment to researching and curbing discrimination against LGBTI persons across the 136 countries where it has offices, it said on Thursday.
The initiative by the poverty-fighting institution comes at a time when discrimination against LGBTI people is facing increased scrutiny globally.
The bank, which makes loans in developing countries and conducts research, named Clifton Cortez to fill the position.
With two decades of experience in development, Cortez most recently managed partnerships for the United Nations program on HIV/AIDS.
In recent years, the bank’s research had increasingly turned to the economic impact of discrimination on LGBTI persons, the bank said.
“Discrimination against any group is not only morally wrong, it stands in the way of sustained, balanced, and inclusive economic growth,” said Jim Yong Kim, the bank’s president.
“We need to strengthen our case for economic inclusion” of LGBTI persons, he added.
The World Bank’s announcement comes a day after the US Agency for International Development publicized a new rule barring its foreign aid contractors from discriminating against LGBTI persons in the services it funds.
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