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[Bill Cochrane]

Gidday Lbo's
Thanks Doug for setting this list up and assuming the awesome 
responcibilities of moderator. I hope that the task is less irritating 
for you than my forays into moderation.
At the moment I'm puzzling over the apparent split in views between the 
IMF and World Bank. My feeling is that although this split might be of 
some consequence the reason it looks important is simply that they are so 
close together on policy that any difference looms large against the 
backdrop of near unanaminity and very little 'hope' can be derived from 
this.
I'd be interested to here others views.

Bill Cochrane
Ngaruawahia
New Zealand