11 August 2000
In late May Ravi Kanbur resigned from his position as World Development Report lead author following attempts by Bank and government officials to make him change his text.
An online debate on Globalization and Poverty in May generated much interesting material.
The World Bank and IMF are urged to rethink their approaches to anti-corruption work in a new briefing.
The latest issue of News and Notices for World Bank Watchers discusses World Bank social and environmental assessments and calls for a new “dynamic assessment” procedure.
Growth is good for the poor, proclaims a much-discussed new paper of the same title by the Bank’s research department.
Joint civil society briefing paper highlights concerns with the World Bank’s Evolution Roadmap, and provides a series of recommendations for a Roadmap that prioritises people, participation and the planet over profit and economic growth.
