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IMF (GEF): Rethinking the IMF’s Mandate: Asking for Your Views
Posted 15 March 2010 | 1:35 am

The IMF has initiated a public consultation with various stakeholders, including governments, private sector, academia, think tanks, non-governmental and civil society organizations, and the wider public on the role of the International Monetary Fund. (more)

World Bank PSD: A technical update
Posted 12 March 2010 | 9:10 pm

Some readers have complained in the past that they have gotten error messages when trying to submit comments to the blog. We’ve put in a request with our software provider to look into the problem, but in the meantime, please send an email to rru@worldbank.org if you encounter a problem. We’ll be happy to post the comment for you (and we’d also like to know how frequently the problem is cropping up). (more)

IMF (GEF): This Time It’s Different
Posted 12 March 2010 | 3:46 pm

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn assesses progress in Africa and pulls together some common themes from his visit to Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. (more)

IMF (GEF): Something New Out of Africa: A Global Player
Posted 10 March 2010 | 10:40 pm

South Africa has long been seen as the growth hub in the south and eastern part of the continent. But this past year, as a member of the G-20 group of nations, South Africa has come to be seen as much more–an emerging market and now also an influence on how global decisions are shaped. This is a new role for Africa in the world—and a new way for Africa to be seen by the world. (more)

World Bank PSD: Does the World Bank have a sense of humor?
Posted 10 March 2010 | 7:36 pm

Perhaps the title is a rhetorical question, but I felt obliged to ask it after seeing the latest parody of a World Bank initiative. If you’ve been ignoring CNN, you may have missed the news that the World Bank Institute recently launched a massively multiplayer game called Evoke designed to get people around the world to work collaboratively on pressing problems like food security, human rights, etc. Evoke builds a storyline based around a comic book (eh hem, sorry, graphic novel) to lay out a quest each week. The initiative is still very new, so it is hard to judge its value, but in general I see great potential in “serious games” like this. It took very little time for a parody of Evoke to crop up, called (appropriately enough) Invoke. At first, I took it in good humor. Parody and snark have their uses, all the way from Swift’s… (more)

IMF (GEF): Africa Is Back
Posted 9 March 2010 | 9:35 pm

In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is a fresh energy in Sub-Saharan Africa–and a broad consensus on the road ahead. Above all, there is the strong sense that Africa’s destiny will be driven by Africans, not by others. (more)

IMF (GEF): IMF—Delivering on Promises to Africa
Posted 7 March 2010 | 4:56 pm

At a conference in Tanzania a year ago, the IMF committed to improving its policies and operational approaches in Africa and pledged to ensure Africa’s concerns would be taken into account during the meetings of the Group of Twenty (G-20) industrialized and emerging market countries and be an advocate for Africa. Now, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on a visit Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia–his third trip to the region in the past 12 months–presents the scorecard of how the IMF has delivered on its promises to the continent. (more)

World Bank PSD: FPD Forum Day 1
Posted 2 March 2010 | 9:47 pm

The first day of this year’s Financial and Private Sector Development Forum is about to wind down. I had the opportunity to attend several fascinating discussions, including: A workshop on catastrophic risk insurance in the Caribbean A discussion on building venture capital opportunities in developing countries A look at Africa’s industrial future An inspirational talk by Ingrid Munro on how she built Kenya’s largest microfinance institution with a team of beggars For those unable to attend this year’s forum, we have an active Twitter feed, where every attendee can share his or her thoughts on what they’ve seen. Check it out. Tomorrow Niall Ferguson will discuss whether developing countries have learned from the history of money, or if they’re simply doomed to repeat it. Did any of our readers attend today’s events? Feel free to use the comments section to discuss your reactions to the Forum thus far. (more)

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