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Globalization, urbanization, environment assessed

15 September 1999

The Bank’s World Development Report 1999-2000, due out in mid-September, will examine globalization, localization, urbanization, and environmental change, presenting their implications for institutions and for policy. It will be entitled: Entering the 21st Century: The Changing Development Landscape. lt is likely to make recommendations on matters including how developing countries should approach the Seattle round of trade negotiations.

See www.worldbank.org.

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