Interestingly, playing card money was issued and used in France some hundred years later during the Revolution. 14  A. Shortt, op. cit., p. 87. BIS Review 135/2008  3  cent of its face value and withdrawn "permanently" – despite the reality that no one had come up with a better medium of exchange.
We support the proposal to renew analytical products to better integrate global challenges into country partnership frameworks while maintaining the country ownership at the heart of the WBG model. It is also critical to provide greater emphasis on private sector development and domestic resource mobilization. Streamlining and consolidating such products will reduce the burden on the WBG's budget and on client countries.