Message-ID: <85256616.005AE9FA.00@WBLN0014.worldbank.org> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:58 -0400 From: mailto:Ahirsch@WORLDBANK.ORG Subject: Re: infoDev Offers Year 2000 Grants to Poorest Countries To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Abdus,I wanted to respond to your posting to DEVEL-L last week with a little "insider" information. Actually, The World Bank will get a small percentage of this money to cover administrative costs. A small portion of the money will be spent on consultants to develop a toolkit for addressing the problem. However, most of the money will be used for grants directly to developing country governments; this is not a loan program, so no liability is incurred. While we are certainly proud that the British government chose our program (the infoDev Program of the World Bank) to administer the funds which they donated, nobody has gotten a promotion.
I hope this explanation sufficiently addresses your concerns about this program. Additionally, our Web site has very detailed information on how these funds will be administered, etc. Have a look: www.worldbank.org/infodev
Regards, Aaron Hirsch
abdus samad <mailto:samad_100@HOTMAIL.COM> on 05/27/98 05:32:18 PM
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Subject: Re: infoDev Offers Year 2000 Grants to Poorest Countries
The usual 12m to world bank staff and consultants and 4 to the purchase of equipment and the countries are left with a loan of 16m. They gain a liability of 16m to make the WB look good... and obviously the staff gains a promotion.
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>just an opinion - it seems that $14M is peanuts given the magnitude of
>the problem and its extent. if the UK alone can offer $16.7M, i'd hope
>that the WB could dip into its pockets a little deeper. any initiatives
>from other countries/institutions? what kind of conditions are attached
>to the grants?
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========================================================== Aaron Hirsch infoDev Research Assistant, The World Bank F3K-268, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA Telephone: 202-473-1836 Fax: 202-522-3186 or 202-522-3001 E-mail: mailto:ahirsch@worldbank.org Web: http://www.worldbank.org/infodev