On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Doug Henwood wrote:
> [Excerpts from a WB press briefing on war reconstruction.
Interesting difference in order of magnitude:
In Kosovo:
> So what we're currently thinking about is something in the order of
> magnitude of $60 million over a period of 18 months.
Whereas in Bosnia:
> MR. O'SULLIVAN: Yes, in the first 18 months, it was approximately
> $1.8 billion. It was an initial pledging of $600 million in December
> 1995. That was right at the beginning of the whole process, and that
> was followed in April of '96 by a further 1.2, to bring a total of
> $1.8 billion. It was a very substantial amount.
>
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com