CIVIL SOCIETY:  That Much Holier Than the World Bank?
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GLASGOW, May 25 (IPS) - It might be an unexpected tribute to Paul    Wolfowitz that he departed leaving the World Bank a little more  civil   society like. It might just happen, going by some  suggestions John   Garrison, senior civil society specialist with  the World Bank, made at   the Civicus world assembly in Glasgow  Friday.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (IPS) - Anti-poverty campaigners are concerned that a new  European Union proposal for improving development aid may not  result in sufficient extra money for health and education in poor  countries.
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The World Bank and IMF are poorly suited   to lead the flow of aid to Africa, which would be more   effective if it was distributed in line with a nation's needs,   not competing donor interests, a U.N. agency said.
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LONDON, Oct 5 (IPS) - Civil society is growing rapidly in China --    where the government will let it, according to a new civil  society   index report by the group Civicus.
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United Nations, Dec 31. (PTI):More than 500 million dollars, half by the World Bank, have so for been pledged to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the victims of weekend&#39;s tsunamis but the disaster
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A new journal focuses on common ailments that afflict the worldâs poor.
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GLASGOW, May 26 (IPS) - When, came the question from a Ugandan   delegate  at a Civicus world assembly meeting in Glasgow, will the West    ever stop giving aid on unequal terms? "We are unequal by  the fact   that, speaking as a donor, we are providing the  funds," said   Jan-Petter Holtedahl from the civil society  department at the   Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
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PADUA, Italy, Nov 22 (IPS) - Civil society groups preparing for the World Social  Forum in January are building up a campaign to make the United  Nations an instrument for change that empowers people.
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A charity says UK children have less chance of improving their social standing than those in any other country.
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LONDON, Oct 25 (IPS) - The third European Social Forum appears to mark the  end of the "love story" between grassroots social  movements and the international gatherings that are now in vogue.  In any case, discontent in both camps -- the activists and the  official organisers -- will leave a mark on future events.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As relief officials struggle to reach homeless tsunami survivors, another concern is quietly making the rounds of donor meetings: the threat of corruption.
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Wealthy countries need to do much more to fight global poverty, the international aid agency Oxfam says.
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There is no doubt that we are in a time of chaos in the world. Wars and genocide are as prevalent as ever.     Misery and suffering are on every continent of the globe we call earth. The world is currently focused on the 'War In Iraq' and the problem of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea but the sad fact is threats to world peace are as prevalent as ever in spite of the efforts of the UN.    Where do we turn? Our respective governments? Grassroots support? Does genocide on the African continent for example even matter?    It is not unreasonable to look to the United Nations for understanding and problem resolution. Presumably, we expect it to be an unbiased and peace loving organization. Yet at closer examination one begins to realize the fact that the United Nations has been a total failure in terms of world peace. Rarely has the UN brought enough countries together to form an alliance to intervene meaningfully in the affairs of an oppressive and brutal country.    With the exception of the World Health Organization little good has come from the peace making mission of the U.N. I suggest the UN go to what it does best. With its world standing already established, the UN should focus on research, education and health, the missions it does best.
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GLASGOW, May 26 (IPS) - On the face of it, nothing really  'happened'   at the Civicus world assembly, other than  the announcement that   secretary-general Kumi Naidoo would quit.  But that announcement did   not need a world assembly. Perhaps  the symbolic locking up in a cage   to draw attention to civil  society activists was something supplied by   way of a  'happening'. The rest was, and was expected to be, no  more   than talk.
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Improving the environment and establishing more connections with civil society and the business sector have become increasingly important to the World Bank during the past 10 years, according to the bank&#39;s president, James Wolfensohn.
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LONDON, Oct 17  (IPS) - Several civil society groups have come together at   the European Social Forum to support a review of British  development aid.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (IPS) - The European Union's humanitarian aid policy  does not draw a sufficiently clear distinction between responses  to emergencies and longer-term development assistance, a new  report has concluded.