Former World Bank resident representative in Maputo Roberto Chavez dies

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Former World Bank resident representative in Maputo Roberto Chavez dies

5:41 CAT | 17 May 2016

File photo / Roberto Chavez

Roberto Chavez, World Bank resident representative in Maputo 1993-97, died on 5 April. He tried to defend Mozambique against many of the misguided policies being imposed from Washington at that time. He mentioned this in a public lecture in Maputo, and was forced by the Bank to undergo a psychiatric assessment on the grounds that a World Bank representative who spoke out publicly against Bank policy must be disturbed. After that he was marginalised by the Bank but in 2007 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Bank Urban Community. He is perhaps best remembered in Maputo as the introducer of the cement-based paving stones used on Rua Carlos Cardoso and on the extension of Av Lenine.

Source: Joseph Hanlon