IMF conference on poverty

[joanna bujes]

At 05:57 PM 03/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>"The conference is expected to contribute both to
>scholarly and policy debate on topics at the
>intersection of macroeconomic and poverty issues," a
>statement from the IMF said. Main themes to be
>addressed include: aid effectiveness and debt burden
>in low-income countries; trade reform and inequality;
>the role of financial institutions in poverty
>reduction; the poverty and distributional consequences
>of financial crises and large shocks; and the politics
>of fiscal expenditures for the poor.

Why does this make me think about the Vatican holding a conference on ways 
of reducing immorality? Or Claudius feeling concern for Hamlet's melancholy?

Polonius:. What are you reading there my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words, words...

(or something like that)

Joanna