World Development Report 2006 - Online Consultation
October 20, 2004.
Online Consultation for World Development Report 2006 - Equity & Development
Dear Members of the Researchers Alliance for Development,
the World Bank has launched an online consultation on the World Development
Report 2006 on Equity in Development, in which you are invited to participate
and to engage in an active dialogue addressing crucial development issues. The
objective of this consultation is to seek views and ideas on the report at an
early stage. To sign up, please visit the WDR 2006 website at:
www.worldbank.org/wdr2006 and see the details below.
Further, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you as
I've joined the Paris office this week, replacing Ingrid Johansen.
I will contact you soon to give you a detailed overview on the upcoming
activities and the prospective character of the network and
I look forward to a fruitful dialogue.
The online consultation of the Report's Outline, prepared in July 2004, will be
held over six weeks and discussions will cover the three parts of the Outline:
· Oct 12 ? 22 Part I: ?How Unequal is the World?? moderated by M. Menendez
· Oct 25 ? Nov 5 Part II: ?Does Inequality Matter?? moderated by J. Tanner
· Nov 8 ? Nov 19 Part III: ?Institutions and Policies for Greater Equity and Lower Poverty? moderated by C. Montenegro
For the first two weeks, Marta Menendez, who is working with Peter Lanjouw and
Berk Ozler on Part I of the WDR, is moderating the online consultation. The
outline of the report is available on the website, in English, French and
Spanish.
Please note a few process points. Participants are asked to keep their messages
to one page in length maximum, and to not send attachments. Attachments, if any,
should be sent to wdr2006@worldbank.org and not to the consultation. Moderators
will not be able to post messages that are too long or not relevant. Messages
will be posted on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EDT (even if received on
weekends). A summary of the discussion will be prepared by the moderators each
week.
All interested individuals and parties are welcome to participate! Please spread
the word!
Nina Maqami
Development Policy Dialogue
European Vice-Presidency World Bank
66, Avenue d'Iena - 75116 Paris
Email: nmaqami@worldbank.org
Tel. +33 (0) 1 40 69 3027
fax +33 (0) 1 47 23 74 36
www.worldbank.org/wdr2006