Put some radical heat on what looks like a liberal, charity, conscience salve what with that dreadful "empowerment" and "disempowerment" stuff floating in this announcement. From politics to a theraputic, depoliticizing rhetoric. Makes me wanna hurl...
And Lou, forget who the World Bank staffer, marxism list member who posts on occasion. Hope he sees this.And btw, don't know who Bob Olson is sarted receiving his e-mails a little while after WTO week.
Michael Pugliese
----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Olsen <bobolsen at interlog.com> To: <mai-not at flora.org> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:09 PM Subject: World Bank OnLine Poverty Discussion
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> From: Alison Kemper <alison at 519.icomm.ca>
> To: "'Bob Olsen'" <bobolsen at interlog.com>
> Subject: FW: global e-dialogue on World Development Report, 3/2000
> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:18:41 -0500
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> From: Peter Dobkin Hall[SMTP:peter.d.hall at yale.edu]
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> From: Maryellen Lewis <lewisma9 at PILOT.MSU.EDU> via Peter Dobkin Hall
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> During all of March under the sponsorship of the World Bank, there
> will be an online discussion/debate about world poverty: about the
> obligations that better-off human communities have toward those who have
> far less; and about how those (financial) obligations ought to be
> structured, within what framework of values, and towards what specific
> outcomes (relief? development? empowerment? justice?) For those of you
> interested in how the structure of rules/policies make a difference for
> underdeveloped/disinvested/disempowered populations and communities
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> the US or anywhere else), you might find this a stimulating and, possibly,
> enlightening debate. The sign-on instructions appear below.
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> World Development Report on Poverty 2000/01
> ON-LINE DEBATE
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> In September 2000 the World Bank will publish the World Development
> Report on poverty, a draft of which is being widely circulated. The
> Bretton Woods Project and New Policy Institute have been selected to
> independently run a global on-line discussion of the draft from 21st
> February to 31st March 2000. The Bank is assigning great importance to
> the debate and Ravi Kanbur, lead author of the WDR will respond to the
> final conference summary. This is your opportunity to voice comments on
> the draft and potentially influence the final report.
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> To join the debate complete the electronic sign-up form at:
> http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/debate.html
> or contact: mailto:bwref at gn.apc.org .
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> Bob Olsen, Toronto bobolsen at interlog.com
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