Anwarul Karim Chowdhury

Anwarul Karim Chowdhury was a diplomat from Bangladesh who was appointed in 2002 as United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

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(WED) A United Nations study said that better transport, including better rail transport, would help to halve poverty levels on the African continent. Speaking in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa, U.N. Undersecretary General for Least Developed and Landlocked Countries Anwarul Chowdhury said, “African countries inherited roads and other transport infrastructure at independence, but the governments that took over neglected them, while using their resources for other less important things.” Mr. Chowdhury noted that 10 out of Africa’s 15 landlocked countries spend up to 40 percent of their export earnings on transport and related insurance. (ffd: wire services)