Jeddah, Sha'ban 4, 1435, Jun 2, 2014, SPA -- President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali signed and visiting Dr. Jim Young Kim, the President of the World Bank, signed during a meeting between them in Jeddah today an agreement to upgrade the level of the current cooperation between the two banks as key partners in the field of development in all fields and agreed to set up a special program to re-consider the educational process in the member states of the two institutions. Dr. Kim lauded the achievements reached by IDB in all fields. The two sides also discussed the expansion of support oriented to Arab countries, particularly those passing transitional stages in addition to Somalia and Palestine. --SPA 23:01 LOCAL TIME 20:01 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w