Coalitions for Change [electronic resource] / James D Wolfensohn.

By: Wolfensohn, James DContributor(s): Wolfensohn, James DMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Speeches of World Bank Presidents | World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1999Subject(s): Accountability | Accounting | Bankruptcy | Capacity Building | Contracts | Corruption | Crime | Debt | Decentralization | Developing Countries | Equity | Equity and Development | Finance | Financial Crisis | Globalization | Good Governance | Governance | Human Rights | Infant Mortality | Insurance | International Governmental Organizations | Leadership | Legal Reform | Legal System | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth | Market Economy | Microcredit | Monetary Policy | Nongovernmental Organizations | Participations and Civic Engagement | Poverty | Poverty Reduction | Primary Education | Privatization | Property Rights | Social Development | Trade Unions | Transparency | Violence | YouthOnline resources: Click here to access online Abstract: World Bank Group President, James Wolfensohn addressed the Board of Governors. In the past year the Bank launched a new initiative-the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF). The aim was to bring the social and the structural aspects of development together with the macroeconomic and the financial so as to establish a much more balanced and effective approach. The Bank will work with the broad development community-the United Nations, the European Union, bilaterals, regional development banks, civil society, and the private sector-to build genuine partnerships. The CDF is now being piloted in 13 countries. The general experience reviewed that strengthening the organization, human capacity, and the structure of the state, both at central and local levels, is the first priority to reduce poverty. The speaker also called for a coalition for change in the new international development architecture in the face of globalization.
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World Bank Group President, James Wolfensohn addressed the Board of Governors. In the past year the Bank launched a new initiative-the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF). The aim was to bring the social and the structural aspects of development together with the macroeconomic and the financial so as to establish a much more balanced and effective approach. The Bank will work with the broad development community-the United Nations, the European Union, bilaterals, regional development banks, civil society, and the private sector-to build genuine partnerships. The CDF is now being piloted in 13 countries. The general experience reviewed that strengthening the organization, human capacity, and the structure of the state, both at central and local levels, is the first priority to reduce poverty. The speaker also called for a coalition for change in the new international development architecture in the face of globalization.

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