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IP: The World Bank meets on the Internet -- "safest" place: [risks] Risks Digest 21.43
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 19:53:54 -0400
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 14:35:35 +0200 From: Andres Silva <asilva () fi upm es> Subject: The World Bank meets on the Internet Having fear of anti-globalization activists, the World Bank announced the cancellation of its 2001 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) in Europe, originally slated to be held in Barcelona on 25-27 Jun 2001. This is the WB news release on the subject: http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/EURVP/web.nsf/068c530cca07c3bac12569ed005af420/ 6b160161ef128660c1256a1e00541840?OpenDocument [URL SPLIT] As Barcelona streets seem dangerous, they are planning to move the conference to a "safest" place, as the internet (!). In the news release they say that "Fortunately the internet means that academic debates can now take place on line" and "plans are being made for an on-line discussion". OK. Let's see... Andrés Silva http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/UDIS/miembros/asilva [I thought about retitling this "The World Bank Meets The Internet", but thought better of it. PGN]
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