To the extent that negative influences on the economy are larger than when I last spoke in August, they are principally in two areas over which we have no control, namely the world economy and the drought.
Enhancing voice and participation of developing and transition countries We welcome the proposed sequential approach to enhancing “Voice” within the World Bank Group. The proposal of a single package that envisages different milestones will accelerate the Voice reform process, a process that will add to the Bank’s legitimacy and credibility by increasing the representation of its poorest members.