The WDR 2001/2002 will focus on the institutional infrastructure necessary for a strong and well-functioning market economy.
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Independent e-conference on Poverty WDR first draft
The Bretton Woods Project will run an electronic conference to discuss the first draft of the World Bank’s Poverty World Development Report.
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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.
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New Bank wisdom on economic crises
The Bank has identified 5 main ways in which macroeconomic crises affect the poor.
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Absolute poverty rising: targets doubtful
New World Bank estimates suggest that 1.5bn people live in abject poverty, up from 1.
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WDR to tackle trade, finance, global environment
The World Bank’s 1999/2000 World Development Report, due for release in September, will contain much material of interest to NGOs working on international policy issues.
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Bank Poverty Assessments - “irrelevant”?
The Bank’s Poverty Assessments contain “relatively little of policy relevance” because of their narrow focus on income-based poverty lines, according to a report by the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.
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Early fears of mass Indonesian poverty “unfounded”, says Bank
The worst fears of massive increases in poverty in Indonesia are “unfounded” according to a report by the World Bank, which draws on 3 new surveys on the social implications of the financial crisis.
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Bank/Fund growth model questioned
Both ENDS and the Bretton Woods Project co-organised a roundtable meeting in early March to discuss the World Bank and IMF’s core economic models.
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Poverty WDR virtual consultations
In September the World Bank organised an electronic consultation on its planned poverty World Development Report, due out October 2000.
