GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to talk to its member countries about compensating Syria's neighbours for the substantial fiscal cost of hosting refugees for long periods, a World Bank official said in Geneva on Thursday.
"It's actually quite significant for countries like Jordan, for Lebanon and for Turkey, and some estimates put that at about 1.1-1.4 percent of GDP," Colin Bruce, senior adviser to the World Bank president, told a conference.
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