Message-ID: <19980604044734.15451.qmail@hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:47:33 PDT From: abdus samad <mailto:samad_100@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: infoDev Offers Year 2000 Grants to Poorest Countries To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Aaron,I appreciate your standing up for the organization that employs you. But having seen the world bank and the donor loans from the other side forgive me if I remain cynical.
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>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.
Most of us do not want more money thrown at those corrupt governments. Besides how is it that the World Bank and the government know more than otehr actors.
>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.
You may be proud of your employer but you should still address the question why should the Bank and the government administer all such grants. Why can it not be given to some University in Africa or Asia. The funds will do more for such a place even if they administer them than it will for the world bank.
Let us think a little beyond the Bank.
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>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
No it does not as I outlined above. >
>Regards,
>Aaron Hirsch
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>abdus samad <mailto:samad_100@HOTMAIL.COM> on 05/27/98 05:32:18 PM
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>Please respond to abdus samad <mailto:samad_100@HOTMAIL.COM>
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>Subject: Re: infoDev Offers Year 2000 Grants to Poorest Countries
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>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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