Fifth Annual Conference of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB)

The gathering hosted by the French Senate in Paris on February 14-16 included some 190 parliamentarians from 75 countries representing all regions. Meeting with the MPs were not only the World Bank President and other Bank staff, but also representatives of other multilateral organizations, civil society groups and parliamentary assemblies - by far the widest participation ever since the Annual Conference was first introduced in 2000.

The challenge facing the participants -
Mobilizing political will and building political alliances to reach the Millennium Development Goals.

Funded by the government of France, the conference included regionally and thematically focused workshops, and discussions with:

• James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, (see the video)
• Agustín Carstens, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF (see the video)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil (see the video)
• Francis Mer, French Finance Minister (see the video)

Read more about this conference

See the Conference Program in English or French