Fwd: (50 Years) WB cancels Barcelona meeting because of protests

[Peter Kosenko]

The articles say that the World Bank will be holding its meeting via the Internet to avoid disruption.  The question I have is HOW?  Why not have them post all of their analyses and proposals on a web site 3 months in advance and then let various constituencies worldwide comment on whether these will in fact promote the "reduction of poverty"?  Or am I mistaken that such openness might prevent the kind of deal-making with power brokers that the institution requires?

Peter Kosenko

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 09:59:25 -0400


>From: Soren <Soren at afgj.org>
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 01:51:26 -0400
>
>The World Bank announced on Saturday that it was cancelling its Annual Bank
>Conference on Development Economics, due to be held in Barcelona in late
>June.   It has chosen to do this rather than face large,well-organized
>protests and a counter-summit being organized by Spanish/Catalonian
>anti-globalization activists.  Below are 1) an article from Reuters; 2) A
>statement from the Barcelona organizers; and 3) a statement from the World
>Bank.