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		One can go also to the government page of the bank or the main home page, and they find the full list of the delisted firms of these almost 100, which is part of that process of essentially minimizing corruption in any action by the World Bank.
		The example of leaders in particular key institutions is also crucial, not only the leader of the nation, but, for instance, the leader of the central bank, the Minister of finance, the head of electoral commission, of the Supreme Court U of the police, and customs.
		Daniel Kaufmann: The evidence is quite clear from around the world that the more a country allows for democratic voice and accountability to their citizenry, and the less the extent of capture by vested interests of the elite or behind the scenes, the better the chance the country has in combating corruption.
	discuss.worldbank.org /chat/view/8348 (4457 words)

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		At the same time, the World Bank and other multilateral development institutions must deepen and broaden their continuing efforts to measure the concrete results of the assistance they provide so that resources can be applied most effectively.
		This year's report on governance issued by the World Bank Institute is also troubling, for it points to deterioration in a number of countries in key areas such as regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption.
		The World Bank estimated that if developing countries were to liberalize four key infrastructure services they could, by 2015, generate income gains four and a half times greater than the gains from goods liberalization alone.
	www.ustreas.gov /press/releases/js2948.htm (2142 words)

	Italy-Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The World Bank Group in Europe has an active outreach program in Italy which was greatly facilitated by the opening of a World Bank office in Rome in March 2001.
		The recruitment team, in coordination with the World Bank offices in Washington and Paris, focuses on the identification and the pre-screening of candidates for Bank vacancies at Headquarters and in field offices in order to assure a qualified flow of diverse candidacies from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
		The ITFCSD is used to support specific World Bank activities in the area of cultural and sustainable development such as : historic centers, cultural districts, museums and archives, intercultural dialogue, living culture and cultural industries, sponsorships and awareness-raising campaigns, special studies, and training.
	wbln0018.worldbank.org /eurvp/web.nsf/Pages/Italy-Activities (2291 words)

	King & Spalding > Practice Areas > Infrastructure Finance and Development > Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We work on financings as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and bank (and other credit-enhancement provider) counsel for governmental projects as well as conduit issues for manufacturing facilities, airports, docks, ports, multi-family housing projects, sports facilities, hospitals, convention facilities and utility facilities.
		We also serve as underwriter’s counsel and bank counsel in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of gas transmission, distribution and storage facilities; the acquisition of producing gas properties; and the acquisition of prepaid gas supplies for municipalities, utility districts and joint action agencies.
		We regularly serve as counsel to several financial institutions in the leasing of trucks, buses, rolling stock, manufacturing facilities and intermodal containers, as well as in the debt financing of nuclear fuel leases.
	www.kslaw.com /practice_areas/practice.asp?practice_id=168 (839 words)

	Global Exchange : IMF/WB Report
		The Bank's and the Fund's erosion of basic human rights and their perversion of the democratic process have made the institutions a clear and present threat to the well being of hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
		Once again we have to say, "Enough!" The IMF and World Bank say their policies are designed to succeed in the "long run." But after more than 20 years of managing dozens of economies, the institutions have created more inequality, more environmental destruction, and no real security.
		The World Bank has concluded that privatization contributed to a "worsening of the already skewed and concentrated pattern of ownership distribution in the economy." A glaring example of this is corn, Mexico's traditional staple crop.
	www.globalexchange.org /wbimf/imfwbReport2001.html (8527 words)

	World Bank Institute Governance & Anti-Corruption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The World Bank views good governance and anti-corruption as central to its poverty alleviation mission.
		Nowadays, hundreds of governance and anti-corruption activities are taking place throughout the World Bank Group.
		Combining participatory action-oriented learning, capacity-building tools, and the power of data, the World Bank Institute (WBI), in collaboration with many units in the World Bank Group, supports countries in improving governance and controlling corruption.
	www.worldbank.org /wbi/governance (227 words)

	Databases Electronic Resources by Title - World Bank & IMF Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The statistical data are presented in world and country tables, and the structure of general government is described in the institutional tables.
		World Bank Policy Research Working Papers and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) are searchable in SSRN, and the IMF is in the process of having its Working Papers series included.
		World of Learning - Provides details on over 30,000 universities, colleges, schools of art and music, libraries, learned societies, research institutes, museums and art galleries, and over 550 international cultural, scientific and educational organizations around the world.
	jolis.worldbankimflib.org /nldbs.htm (12083 words)

	Structural Adjustment — a Major Cause of Poverty - Global Issues
		The past two decades of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment in Africa have led to greater social and economic deprivation, and an increased dependence of African countries on external loans.
		The IMF and World Bank are largely controlled and “owned” by the developed nations such as USA, Germany, UK, Japan etc. (The IMF web site has a breakdown of the quotas and voting powers.) The US, for example, controls 17 to 18% of the voting power at the IMF.
		The IMF and World Bank’s policies have indeed been heavily criticized for many years and are seen as unhelpful and sometimes, unaccountable, as they have resulted in an increased dependency by the developing countries upon the richer nations, as also mentioned at the top of this page.
	www.globalissues.org /TradeRelated/SAP.asp (10854 words)

	World Policy Institute - People
		Karl Meyer, who has edited World Policy Journal since the year 2000, is an experienced writer and commentator on international affairs, a former editorial writer for both the New York Times and the Washington Post, the author of a dozen books, and a visiting professor at Yale, Princeton, Tufts, and most recently Bard College.
		She served as acting director of the World Policy Institute from 1996 to 1997 and is a member of the World Policy Journal editorial board.
		Weinmann directs the Cuba Project at the World Policy Institute, where she coordinates a national outreach program to inform a variety of audiences on the impact of the US embargo on Cuba on U.S. interests as well as in Cuba itself.
	www.worldpolicy.org /wpi/fellows.html (5420 words)

	International network dealing with water policy issues towards sustainable development. World Water Vision.
		The World Water Council, the City of Kyoto, Soroptimist International of Kyoto and the 4th World Water Forum are pleased to invite individuals and organizations to submit their candidatures for the first Kyoto World Water Grand Prize.
		Based on this principle, the Council and the Secretariat of the 4th World Water Forum are currently developing a Journalist Training Programme, with the objective of improving and expanding credible information on water issues to the public at large, by enhancing journalists capacity and providing networking opportunities.
		The World Water Council and the Global Water Partnership jointly developed a website aiming to provide information on the follow-up activities which have been initiated since the publication of "Financing Water for All", the report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure.
	www.worldwatercouncil.org (1180 words)

	Finance & Development, September 2001 - Confronting the Challenge of State Capture in Transition Economies
		In this view, the capture economy is trapped in a vicious circle in which the policy and institutional reforms necessary to improve governance are undermined by collusion between powerful firms and state officials who reap substantial private gains from the continuation of weak governance.
		Bribes to parliamentarians to "buy" their votes on important pieces of legislation, bribes to government officials to enact favorable regulations or decrees, bribes to judges to influence court decisions—these are the classic examples of grand corruption through which firms can encode advantages for themselves into the basic legal and regulatory structure of the economy.
		Any reforms to improve the institutional framework, which might undermine these highly concentrated advantages, will be strongly opposed by captor firms that have the political influence to derail such reforms.
	www.imf.org /external/pubs/ft/fandd/2001/09/hellman.htm (2915 words)

	Finance & Development, June 2000 - Governance Matters: From Measurement to Action
		We define governance as the traditions and institutions that determine how authority is exercised in a particular country.
		Country diagnostic tools such as those developed at the World Bank Institute, in collaboration with others inside and outside the World Bank, can help generate new information, build local capacity, develop strategies and policies, and support coalition building to improve governance.
		World Bank Institute and Europe and Central Asia Public Sector Group, 1999, "New Empirical Tools for Anti-Corruption and Institutional Reform: A Step-by-Step Guide to Their Implementation" (Washington), www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/.
	www.imf.org /external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/06/kauf.htm (2505 words)

	Learning - About the World Bank Institute
		The World Bank Institute is the capacity development arm of the World Bank, and helps countries share and apply global and local knowledge to meet development challenges.
		WBI's capacity development programs are designed not only to build skills among groups of individuals involved in performing tasks, but also to strengthen the organizations in which they work, and the sociopolitical environment in which they operate.
		Capacity for Development is the ability of individuals, institutions, and whole societies to solve problems, make informed choices, order their priorities and plan their futures, as well as implement programs and projects, and sustain them over time.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/0,,contentMDK:20097853~menuPK:204763~pagePK:209023~piPK:207535~theSitePK:213799,00.html (387 words)

	World Bank Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Within the World Bank Group, CSR is being addressed in several areas.
		The World Bank Institute is the capacity development arm of the World Bank, and helps countries share and apply global and local knowledge to meet...
		WBI is part of the World Bank Group.
	www.college-4.loans-world.org /world-bank-institute.htm (284 words)

	Youthink!
		At the 2005 World Summit world leaders are discussing how to finance global development and eradicate poverty in the world.
		The World Bank and National Geographic published a world map, titled A Global Agenda to End Poverty, which shows where countries stand on the Millennium Development Goals.
		The Bank's leading annual publication, The World Development Report (WDR), is focusing on challenges 12 to 24 year-olds face in the transition from youth hood into adulthood.
	youthink.worldbank.org (163 words)

	THE WORLD PHENOMENOLOGY INSTITUTE World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research
		Membership in an Institute research society entitles members to the current year’s issue of the Institute journal, Phenomenological Inquiry, as well as discounts for Institute congresses and on recent volumes in the Institute’s Analecta Husserliana yearbook series.
		Institute president Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka writes an annual letter to each of the four major affiliated societies in which she reflects on the accomplishments of the year gone by and sets the agenda for future research programs and publications.
		Its theme will be "Phenomenology World Wide at the Beginning of the Third Millennium." Sections on all current sectors of phenomenological interest are proposed, and you are invited yourself to propose as session, or roundtable, or discussion group.
	www.phenomenology.org /societies.html (2301 words)

	The World Bank Institute's Course on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Responding to the increasing complexities of the development process in a global economy, local governments are being entrusted with new functions ranging from promoting local economic development to the regulation of privatized utilities.
		The countries in the Balkan region are all in the process of creating basic institutions and of designing the role, relationship, and responsibilities of different levels of government.
		For cities to remain competitive in a globalized world, successful urban managers and policy makers are proactively working with residents and the business community to increase the quality of life and improve the business environment.
	lgi.osi.hu /news/2004/2004-03-29.asp (1762 words)

	SEEN
		The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are holding their annual meetings in Washington, D.C. Hot topics include Iraq, debt, and climate change.
		The Gleneagles commitments and dialogue isolate the 180+ countries that are not part of the G-8, which is the main beneficiary of World Bank fossil fuel finance.
		The World Bank continues to ignore the recommendation of its own commission, the Extractive Industries Review, to stop backing coal and oil projects.
	www.seen.org (674 words)

	World Bank Institute
		He previously held positions at the World Bank heading Capacity Building for Latin America; managed a team on Finance, Regulation and Governance, and was as a Lead economist in economies in transition in the research department.
		He has worked at the World Bank since 1992, starting as the departmental word processor for the Asia Technical Department, and moving on to positions in the Africa Region and the East Asia Region of the Bank before joining the World Bank Institute (WBI) in 1999.
		Before joining the Institute she was a consultant at the World Bank in the Latin America Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector and at the Research Department where she worked on projects related to poverty, inequality and local development.
	www.worldbank.com /wbi/governance/team.html (2326 words)

	Removing Trade Barriers Would Aid Growth, Stem Poverty, Snow Says- U.S. Department Of State
		Snow stressed that developing countries must reduce their own trade barriers in order to reap the benefits of trade liberalization. He added that increased market access in services is critical, particularly in the financial sector, and has the potential to generate even more income than opening markets for goods.
		"The World Bank estimated that if developing countries were to liberalize four key infrastructure services they could, by 2015, generate income gains four and a half times greater than the gains from goods liberalization alone," Snow said.
		The Treasury Secretary also called upon the World Bank and other multilateral development institutions "to deepen and broaden their continuing efforts to measure the concrete results of the assistance they provide so that resources can be applied most effectively."
	usinfo.state.gov /usinfo/Archive/2005/Sep/25-121095.html (2610 words)

	The World Bank Institute program on Corporate Social Responsibility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The course has already had over 6,000 participants from all around the world and from all sections of society, including business leaders, government officials, representatives of multilateral organizations, civil society and youth.
		Participation in the course is intended to provide a platform for follow up events such as video-conferences and workshops that emphasize the local context, seek to capture and disseminate best practices, and develop action plans.
		Starting in the fall of 2003, World Bank President James Wolfensohn has agreed to launch a series of global video-conferences on corporate social responsibility issues that will link groups of participants from all over the world.
	www.ybiz.com /aybizweb/PurPro/CSR/wbicsr.htm (400 words)

	WORLD BANK INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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		The World Bank Institute (WBI) invites applications for a leading macroeconomist/monetary/trade and finance economist to work as WBI Resident Economic Advisor at Bangladesh Bank (BB), the Central Bank of Bangladesh, in Dhaka.
		His/her main responsibility will be to help upgrade capacity for policy analysis at the Bangladesh Bank.
	www.aeaweb.org /joe/0410d/html/joe304.html (89 words)

	Principles of Best Practice and Codes - Papers and Links - Privatization, Infrastructure & Business Environment - The ...
		Other ROSCs done by the World Bank group are the Accounting and Auditing and the Insolvency and Creditors Rights ROSCs.
		The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) views the promotion of good corporate governance as essential to its work and has created a Corporate Governance Sector Assessment project to gauge the status of laws and regulations related to corporate governance in transition countries.
		It is one of the core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy, which works directly with the private sector in developing countries to endorse democratic and market-oriented economic reforms.
	rru.worldbank.org /PapersLinks/Codes-Best-Practice (1630 words)

	The Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Joseph J. Cordes, a visiting fellow at the Urban Institute, served as chair of the department of economics at George Washington University and previously was deputy assistant director for tax analysis at the Congressional Budget Office.
		Robert D. Ebel is principal economist at the World Bank Institute for Intergovernmental Relations and Local Financial Management and executive director of the National Tax Association.
		He is also the recent past chairman of the District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission and manager of the World Bank's Fiscal Decentralization Initiative in Central and Eastern Europe.
	www.urban.org /pubs/taxation/editors.html (603 words)

	World Bank Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The World Bank focuses its efforts on building efficient and accountable public sector institutions.
		The Bank seeks to design and help implement the Bank's anti-corruption strategy; and strengthen and deepen the Bank's work on public sector institutional reform.
		The World Bank implements its Governance and Anti-Corruption program through the Regulatory Reform and private Enterprise (EDIRP) division of the World Bank Institute (WBI).
	www.nobribes.org /russian/p_donor_wb_ru.htm (540 words)

	<nettime> Fw: World Bank Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		david goldschmidt personify.tv http://web.tampabay.rr.com/ethos Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:33 PM Subject: Fw: World Bank Institute > Hello, > > > > We are writing to ask you to participate in a short survey on Corporate > > Social Responsibility (CSR), conducted by the World Bank Institute.
		In fact, this survey is the first step of a > > program that will allow a committee of young people to present their > > view on CSR to leading international decision-makers.
		To go directly to > > the survey, click here: http://www.wbigf.org/manila/survey2.php3 > > > > > > BACKGROUND INFORMATION > > The World Bank Institute (WBI) is the educational arm of the World Bank.
	www.nettime.org /Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0112/msg00093.html (463 words)

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