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2004

On November 24, 2004, presentation of the World Bank's annual Report -Global Economic Prospects 2005 : Regionalism and Development 2005 in Geneva. Uri Dadush, Director, International Trade Department  (DEC), and Carlos Braga (PRMTR), Senior Adviser, International Trade Department presented the report. The presentation was held in the premises of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and was attended by representatives of the civil society, government, parliamentarians, the private sector, the media and academia.  Previous activities     

On January 21-25, 2004, global leaders from government, business, media, NGOs and academia met at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year focusing on "Partnering for Security and Prosperity". Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, attended the meeting and participated in an opening panel debate entitled "Partnering – Prosperity – Security" which focused on the role of business as a source of growth during times of fragility. Mr. Wolfensohn said "we need to give far greater priority to the question of poverty if we are going to ever have security based on prosperity." To have a look at the highlights of the discussion please click here.

2003

On January 22, 2003, CIS-7 Conference in Lucerne on the seven poorest countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-7) ended in Lucerne, Switzerland with a call to donors to find ways to increase financial assistance on grant terms to the countries of the CIS-7 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). The CIS-7 Initiative was launched a year ago to address concerns about the severe economic difficulties, increases in poverty, and rapid build-up of debt in many of the CIS-7 countries since independence in the early 1990s. The conference, which brought together government and civil society representatives from the CIS-7 as well as the international donor community, broadened and deepened the debate to include a range of economic, institutional and social issues that must be tackled if the seven countries are to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goals. The Initiative's co-sponsoring agencies will now work with CIS-7 governments, donors and civil society to elaborate follow-up actions on finance and debt relief, ownership and governance, capacity building, and regional integration. For more information on the CIS-7 Initiative, and to read papers prepared for the conference, visit www.cis7.org. [Source: ECA News February 2003]

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