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ERNESTO ACEVEDO Executive Director for Costa Rica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Spain 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433- USA

H.E Mr. Mart Vörklaev Minister of Finance Suur-Ameerika 1 10122 Tallinn Estonia

June 17, 2024 Dear Minister Vörklaev

On behalf of the delegation of World Bank Executive Directors and Alternate Executive Directors Ied by Ms. Lene Lind our host Executive Director representing Estonia, composed of Mses. Chang and Lambasara, Messrs. Shah, Demircan, Chiliatto, Pierini, Gorordo and myself, 1 would like to express our sincere appreciation to you and your team for taking the time to meet with us during our recent trip to Estonia.

Thank you for hosting an interesting and informative working lunch where we were offered an opportunity to leam more about how Estonia digitalized and streamlined revenue collection. The World Bank Group values and prioritizes the sharing ofknowledge and experiences amongst its borrowing and non-borrowing members and your team’s presentation gave us a meaningful opportunity to understand Estonia’s ambition to become a digital leader and collaborate with African countries to advance their economic development objectives.

The insights we gained from our meetings with you and other Govemment officials wiil be shared with ali World Bank Board members. Through this, we aim to enhance the World Bank Group’s ability to foster a culture ofknowiedge sharing and multilateraiism to support our client countries.

My Board colleagues and 1 look forward to future opportunities to further exchange views with you and your team.

Sincerely,

Rahandusmtrusfeerium

Cc: Ms. Lene Lind, Executive Director representing Estonia ,

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