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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:48:53 -0400
From: Cyberdiva <radhik-AT-BGNet.bgsu.edu>
Subject: [Gender-Law] New round of online discussions


>From: devforum-AT-worldbank.org
>Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:17:32 -0400
>Subject: [Gender-Law] New round of online discussions
>
>
>
>Our apologies if you receive multiple postings of this announcement.
>
>The organizers of the Development Forum invite you to participate in the
>following new online discussions that will be launched shortly (the
>discussions
>will last between four to eight weeks). Additional information is available
>on
>the Forum website at:  http://www.worldbank.org/devforum/
>
>Discussions in the Development Forum are open to participants from around
>the
>world. In order to assure that those with limited Internet access can
>participate, these dialogues are conducted by means of moderated email
>lists,
>with individual messages archived to the Development Forum website.
>Participants
>with web access also will be able to  send or reply to messages using the
>website.
>
>* Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF)
>In October 1998, at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings, World Bank
>President
>James Wolfensohn outlined his vision for a Comprehensive Development
>Strategy. That vision draws on work and ideas from across the Bank and the
>broader development community. This discussion will flesh out the strategy
>that has been generated as a result. It will be, first and foremost, an
>opportunity for a wide and diverse audience to share its views on the
>concept,
>discuss experiences, and provide ideas and suggestions on how best to
>operationalize the approach. The CDF proposal as
>well as questions and answers are available at
><http://www.worldbank.org/cdf>.
>
>* Partnerships with the Private Sector for Development in Africa
>(PARTENARIATS)
>Co-sponsored by l'AUPELF-UREF (Agence francophone pour l'enseignement
>supérieur et la recherche)
>The Africa Region of the World Bank is currently assessing how and when to
>best
>partner with the private sector for development. Although the Bank has
>heightened its focus on partnerships, best practices have not been fully
>identified for working with the private sector to build capacity, invest in
>health and education, or to create environments with good governance,
>infrastructure and service delivery. Through this discussion, we seek the
>views of all actors in Africa's economic growth, the global corporate
>sector and the communities within which they operate and serve.
>
>* Democracy, Market Economy, and Development (DMED)
>Co-sponsored by the Korea Development Instutute
>Good governance is increasingly being considered an indispensable element
>of
>sustainable development strategy. A conference, jointly sponsored by the
>World Bank and the Government of Korea, was held recently on this topic in
>Seoul, Korea. The electronic conference now being proposed is a follow-up
>to
>this event and will cover the same four areas, namely: Values, Governance
>and Development; Governance and the Political Economy of Reform;
>Corporate Governance and Economic Development; and The Rule of Law,
>Corruption
>and Development. Background materials for this discussion, consisting of
>speeches and papers presented at the Seoul Conference, may be found at
>the website for the Conference <http://www.democracy-markets.org/>.
>
>* Social and Environmental Impact of Privatization (SE-IMPACT)
>This discussion will focus on how privatization programs should be
>designed,
>once a decision is taken to privatize. This does not mean that we consider
>privatization to be the best option in all circumstances. However, if
>privatization is indeed chosen as the option, it will be necessary to
>design the program appropriately so that privatization has beneficial
>social and environmental, as well as financial and economic, impacts.
>
>* The Demand Responsive Approach in Rural Water and Sanitation
>Co-sponsored by OneWorld, WaterAid, GARNET, and IRC
>According to the World Bank, demand-responsive approaches to rural water
>and
>sanitation service delivery help to promote innovation and flexibility.
>They
>also help develop powerful incentives for a wide range of stakeholder
>groups -
>communities, NGO's and others - to participate.  This conference will aim
>to
>examine the concept and discuss its practical application. This discussion
>will
>be the first in a series of electronic conferences being organized to
>promote
>dialogue and knowledge sharing among practitioners in the water and
>sanitation
>sector. Each of the moderated conferences will focus on a specific theme
>related
>in particular to rural water and sanitation. In 1999, four conferences are
>planned.
>
>Although several of these discussions will not begin until early to
>mid-May, we
>invite you to subscribe now to any or all of these lists. All you need is
>an
>email account.
>
>To subscribe, please send a message (do not enter a subject) to:
>
>     MAJORDOMO-AT-JAZZ.WORLDBANK.ORG
>
>In the body of the message, type:
>
>     SUBSCRIBE CDF
>(if you want to join the list on the Comprehensive Development Framework)
>
>     SUBSCRIBE DMED
>(if you want to join the list on Democracy, Market Economy, and
>Development)
>
>     SUBSCRIBE SE-IMPACT
>(if you want to join the list on Social and Environmental Impact of
>Privatization)
>
>     SUBSCRIBE PARTENARIATS
>(if you want to join the list in French and English on Partnerships with
>the
>Private Sector in Africa)
>
>To join the discussion on Rural Water and Sanitation, please send a message
>asking to subscribe to the list owner at:
>     dra-request-AT-mailbase.ac.uk
>
>For each dialogue you subscribe to, you will receive a welcome message with
>instructions on how to post messages, unsubscribe, etc. The discussions
>will
>then be officially launched with an opening message from the moderators.
>The
>moderators will prepare weekly summaries of the discussion as well as a
>final
>summary -- which will be distributed to all list members and posted on the
>website.
>
>If you do not subscribe, you will still be able to read the messages on the
>Development Forum website, but you will not be able to send messages
>without
>first subscribing to the list.
>
>We hope you will be able to join us. Please feel free to distribute this
>announcement as widely as possible to friends and colleagues who might be
>interested in participating. We particularly invite cross-posting of this
>message to other lists. Please contact DEVFORUM-AT-WORLDBANK.ORG if you have
>any
>questions.
>
>
>
Radhika Gajjala
http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~radhik

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