KurdistanObserver.com

Kurdish MP attends World Bank Conference

Oct 30, 2005

Representing the Iraqi Parliament; Kurd, Salar Doski, MP, participated in the Annual conference of the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank (PNoWB). As the first Kurd to ever participate in this conference, Salar Doski and 200 other parliamentarians from 96 countries joined forces to discuss pressing global issues including aid effectiveness, trade, climate change, Africa, and debt relief. Hosted by the Parliament of Finland, on October, 21-23 2005, the annual conference is organized by PNoWB, in collaboration with the World Bank, the Finnish Parliament and Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Speaking on the goals of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz,, World Bank President, emphasized that factors outside the sphere of economics, such as the civil society, the system of justice, administrative culture, and the position of women need to be in shape if developing countries are to prosper.

Titled “Beyond the Year of Development: What Now?” The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) annual conference seeks to identify what parliamentarians can do to promote action on development and global issues, and help to strengthen the accountability and transparency of international financial institutions.