The Bank is about to start a review of information disclosure.
International
Rights
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Major Bank pollution prevention handbook out
After 5 years of preparation the World Bank and IFC have jointly published a Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook.
Accountability
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UK committee criticises Bank and Fund over conflict roles
The UK International Development Select Committee of MPs has criticised the IMF and Bank for failing to raise concerns with the Rwandan government about the discrimination and intimidation of Tutsis prior to the civil war.
Rights
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Bank/NGO communications strategy assessed
The Bank’s NGO Unit has commissioned a needs assessment of communications strategies between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
News
New reports available
Contact the Bretton Woods Project for copies.
Accountability
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Bank develops “governance indicators”
On 1 July the Bank held an informal Board seminar to discuss “governance indicators”.
IFI governance
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Forest policy review delay, IFC scrutinised
The regional consultations that will inform the World Bank’s forest policy review have had to be delayed; they will not start until February or March 2000.
Environment
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Bank, IUCN sign cooperation agreement
At the end of June IUCN and the World Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize their partnership agreement.
IFI governance
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Strategic Compact assessment
The Bretton Woods Project recently obtained two documents in which the World Bank evaluates progress of its Strategic Compact internal reform initiative and sets out strategy for the next few years.
Knowledge
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Globalization, urbanization, environment assessed
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.
Conditionality
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Social Principles limited to crisis situations
The Bank’s paper on best practices for implementing the social principles will be discussed by the Board on 10 September.
Environment
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Climate proposals queried
Many NGOs wrote to the Bank raising questions about the proposed Prototype Carbon Fund, adopted by the Board in July.
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