The World Bank is to give the Democratic Republic of Congo $1.2 billion (�765 million) in development aid, its managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Friday.

"The World Bank has granted $1.2 billion over the next three years to help finance projects in the fields of agriculture, forestry, water, energy, mining and infrastructure," she said at a news conference in Kinshasa at the end of a three-day visit to the country.

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