VOL 2 / NO 3 January 2004 www.worldbank.org.in News & Views Quarterly

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Young artists draw a caring world for their future

ive young people a blank canvas and chances are, the vision that emerges will be pretty close to Gthe World Bank’s own development vision of a better world for all.

Almost 4,000 young school students in India came together in Kaleidoscope 2003, a painting competition sponsored by one of India’s largest English-language newspapers and the World Bank.

They were asked to express themselves under one of a few titles – Nature and I; A Dialogue in Color; The India of my Dreams; A Postcard from India; and, Knowledge is Freedom. Their colorful world reflects the honesty, hope

CONTENTS 1 Young artists 3 India Development Marketplace 4 Events and Launches 6 Fostering Dialogue on Development 8 Forthcoming Events 8 Recent Project Approvals 9 New Additions to the Public Information Center 16 Contact Information the 2 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

and yearning ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ One young scholar, Bhoomika Gupta of of young Vidyashram School, Jaipur, painted a message on hearts. The his work, loud and clear: “Let’s take a pledge to best of these put off this fire of corruption through the water will be of knowledge”. Others let the colors do the captured in talking. And that’s indeed what they did with a the 2004 India wide display of creativity. And of insight and

Painting by Sonal Gupta of class VII B, World Bank passion as Carter said. You don’t have to be a City Montessory School, Indira Nagar Calendar. development specialist to care about the social ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ evils of illiteracy, of deforestation, increasing The painting event itself, in three state capitals, population, pollution, poverty, dowry and the was a celebration. More than 1200 students from young artists tackled these and more. Some schools all over Delhi gathered on the India Gate visualized India’s future in sleek high rise buildings lawns to participate in this annual competition and flyovers. Others acknowledged recent peace organized by the Hindustan Times Schools’ efforts between India and Pakistan in their Program - Partnership for Action in Education and paintings. held this year in association with the World Bank. The Bank leapt at the opportunity of this In their own words, to quote a few young voices: partnership as a moment to engage the youth of “I think that there is a dire need for all of us to India, the leaders of tomorrow, and to encourage contribute towards the country’s development by them to think about the future of their country in getting rid of evils like poverty, poor supply of their own hands. electricity, and bad roads. Through my postcard, I’ve tried to portray the unity in diversity of our The bright sunny winter morning at India Gate country,” said Garima Jaju, age 11, Class 6, Birla with fanfare, speeches, bands and balloons was Vidya Niketan School. an inspiration to the students. The monument itself, built in 1931 in memory of 90,000 Indian “I love my country and I’ve made use of the soldiers killed during the First World War and religious symbols to portray the communal commemorating the deaths in the North-West harmony in my painting,” said Gaurav Goswami , Frontier and the third Afghan War, has become a age 13, Class 9, Tagore Public School, . memorial to the unknown soldier and events organized on its lawns draw considerable public “I have touched upon the progressive aspects of attention. my country and how it is improving by the day. I have tried to set is as a role model for the whole “This event has served as a perfect platform for world to follow, a nation that the rest of the students to pause for a moment, reflect and then countries can look up to,” said Rajiv Bhati, age express their feelings on important issues,” said 14, Class 9, Maharishi Dayanand School, New Michael Carter, World Bank Country Director for Delhi. India. “It is just incredible to see how thoughtful and insightful their view can be.” A selection of the winning entries were exhibited at the World Bank New Delhi office to coincide Similar competitions were held in the capitals of with the prize giving ceremony on December 11, Punjab (), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) 2003. and Rajasthan (Jaipur). Around 50 schools and 1000 students from Chandigarh and surrounding The artists in action at India Gate, New Delhi. towns gathered in the picturesque surroundings of the Rock Garden to apply their talent. In Lucknow, more than 600 students gathered at the St. Francis College – with a panel of eminent judges consisting of the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy, a former principal of Arts College, Lucknow and an artist and teacher in applied arts. The Principal of St. Francis’ College, Vincent Nazareth, felt that this was a wonderful opportunity for the children to reflect on their vision of the future India. the 3 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

World Bank India hosts Country-level Development Marketplace

he New Delhi office of the World Bank, in partnership with DFID and FICCI and with support from ASSOCHAM, will be Thosting, for the first time in the country, an India Country-level Development Marketplace (IDM) on April 15, 2004. The Theme for the event is: Improve Rural Services - Access and Quality.

“Governments and citizens can work together to ensure that key services do not fail people – in access, in quantity and in quality. The main difference between success and failure is the degree to which people themselves are involved in determining the quality and the quantity of the services which they receive. Through this competition we hope that we will see the most innovative ideas on how the people of India feel they can improve the access and quality of rural services in the country,” said Michael Carter, Country Director India, World Bank.

The Country-level Development Marketplace is an innovative program being sponsored by the World Bank to support non-governmental actors in the development world in finding creative approaches to address development issues. The Country-level Development Marketplace concept evolved from the Global Development Marketplace, a World Bank initiative to promote innovative development ideas through a competitive process for seed funding (IDM 2003 had 8 winning enteries from India). IDM is the first such country specific initiative in India.

The main objective of the IDM is to bring together social innovators from all over the country to compete for funding and to share their knowledge and experience on how to improve the delivery of services in rural areas, particularly, the delivery of essential rural services such as rural water supply and sanitation, rural roads, rural education, rural health, rural electricity, and rural finance. The India Development Marketplace has two main components: an Innovation Competition and a Knowledge Forum. The Competition will be held in the World Bank Office, New Delhi on April 15, 2004 and the Knowledge Forum will be held at FICCI on April 14, 2004.

The IDM competition is open to: NGOs, community-based organizations, foundations, academic institutions, civic organizations and the private sector in partnership with registered NGOs, foundations, associations and other development organizations. Those interested in participating need to submit their proposals, based on the theme, on a prescribed format. Proposal outline forms are available in English on the World Bank website at www.worldbank.org.in and on the three local language websites as well. For further details, please contact Geetanjali Chopra ([email protected]). the 4 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

Events and Launches

Knowledge Sharing Workshop ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ (October 28-29, 2003)

The concept of the World Bank Public Information Center has taken on a whole new dimension in Public Information and External Affairs staff from India, with the intention to establish a Public the Bank’s Washington, New Delhi, Colombo and Information Network – comprising the Bank’s Kabul offices. New Delhi Office and its 23 depository and regional libraries in the country – that will act as a The objective of the workshop was to explore country-wide platform for dialogue on ways in which the country office could build on development. the existing partnerships between the Bank and the depository libraries, to create a professional link among the librarians of these dispersed institutions, to brainstorm on how to more actively use knowledge as an instrument for development, and expand outreach to audiences in an interactive manner. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

Media Workshop on States Fiscal and Budgetary Issues (Nov. 25-28, 2003)

In an effort to support both the academic community at the state level and the media to

Sumir Lal, Senior External Affairs Officer at the engage more deeply in state-level fiscal analysis, a World Bank, makes a presentation to workshop for English and local language representatives of the depository libraries journalists was held from November 25-28 in . Participants included those from the The “dialogue” will consist of discussion and states of Andhra Pradesh, , Kerala, dissemination events in locations where the Tamil Nadu and Goa. It was jointly organized by network members are located, involving Bank, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, non-Bank and local specialists. This will be New Delhi and Institute of Social and Economic accompanied by targeted, continual and Change, Bangalore, along with the World Bank accessible outreach and information delivery, with The keynote address was given by Mr. Veerappa the network acting as a multiplier of the Bank’s Moily, Chairman, Revenue Reforms Commission, own efforts in this regard. Karnataka. Other speakers included Ashok Lahiri, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, This was the most significant outcome of the first Government of India; Mr. G. Gurucharan, ever development information and knowledge Finance Secretary, Government of Karnataka, and sharing workshop organized by the New Delhi prominent journalists. Office for the librarians of the Bank’s India depository and regional libraries on October 28- A similar workshop is planned for the northern 29, 2003. These libraries belong to prestigious states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, universities and think tanks spread all over the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, country. Twenty-one of the libraries, plus one Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, in prospective member, were represented besides March 2004. the 5 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ representatives from state governments and Accountants-General. Discussions took place on a wide variety of issues including the concept of “standards”, in line with international best Workshop on GSDP Forecasting practice, to replace the existing “rules” based Model for Indian States accounting regime. (December 1-2, 2003) Participants were able to deepen their In order to familiarize state level policy makers understanding of the procedures, techniques and with a more scientific and rigorous method of methodologies for standard setting for forecasting of macro variables at the subnational government accounts. They also learnt from the level and to encourage local academics and experience of countries like Australia, Canada, researchers to work on regional macro models, New Zealand and Sri Lanka as well as from the the Institute of Economic Growth in collaboration Public Sector Committee - International with World Bank came out with a report on Federation of Accountants. Ian Mackintosh, “GSDP Forecasting Model for Indian States”. Manager of the Bank’s South Asia Financial The findings of this report were disseminated at management team along with professional workshops in Bangalore and Hyderabad. colleagues provided insights into the private and public sector accounting standards setting

This is the first attempt to prepare macro forecast ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ processes, and on institutional networking for Indian states and is part of a broader effort by arrangements. the World Bank to provide Indian policymakers with timely and reliable information to enable The World Bank’s Country Director for India, them to make informed policy decisions. Michael F. Carter said “We are supportive of India’s developing standards (for governmental accounting) as the objective should be to have International Symposium on good quality and internationally consistent Government Accounting Standards standards.” The Comptroller and Auditor General (December 15, 2003) New Delhi of India (CAG), V. N. Kaul, said there was a need for reviewing the government accounting system An International for bringing in transparency and a strong political Symposium on consensus was essential for the overhaul of the Government system. For further inquiries on the symposium Accounting please contact Vinod Sahgal at Standards [email protected] organized by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, LAUNCHES supported by the World Bank and the Indian Client Connection Portal Michael carter making his remarks Institute of Chartered As part of the Bank’s overall strategy to increase Accountants, was held at New Delhi on e-business partnerships, President James December 15. This was the first time a Wolfensohn announced the launch of “Client symposium of this kind was held on subjects of Connection” at the Annual Meetings in Dubai in (1) modernization of government accounts and October. Client Connection is a new secure (2) setting of a standards based approach to website that offers government officials and financial reporting. project implementing agencies quicker access to information related to their lending activities as The symposium was attended by financial well as the Bank’s country analytic work. The advisors from the various ministries, selected main objectives of Client Connection are to secretaries to the Government of India and support better-informed decision-making and to the 6 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

simplify the process of doing business with the Bank.

Client Connection, which is co-sponsored by Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS), Integrated Controller’s Systems (ICS), and Information Solutions Group (ISG) of The World Bank, will initially offer government officials the opportunity to access privileged information related to their lending portfolio and a facility to submit procurement documents to the Bank for review. Client Connection will also gather country-specific information delivered through other Bank websites, and present it in one central site for the client country. Over time, additional features, such as the processing of financial transactions, will enhance its usefulness.

In India, this is being piloted in five on-going projects for which a formal training was organized on December 3 at the World Bank New Delhi Office. For more information on this, contact Santhakumar Sundaram at [email protected]

Launch of new Business Opportunities website

The World Bank recently launched a new Business Opportunities website which offers a single place where the private sector can find all the information they need to do business with the Bank, whether they’re interested in consulting, selling directly to the Bank, participating in Bank projects, or pursuing other opportunities. Efforts have been made to make the site more focused on serving the business community and it reflects the latest information on doing business with the Bank. The site also prominently features the Private Sector Development Roadmap, a new resource developed by the Private Sector Vice Presidency to map all Bank information relevant to the private sector.

The site can be accessed at: http://www.worldbank.org/opportunities

Fostering Dialogue on Development

Presentation at St. Stephen’s College on “Globalization and Poverty” October 30, 2003

The St. Stephen’s College Planning Forum invited Stephen Howes, Lead Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) unit of the Wold Bank’s New Delhi Office to make a presentation on “Globalization and Poverty”. The Planning Forum activities revolve around the idea that education needs to extend far beyond the classroom and that students need to be capable of having an independent opinion on matters that concern society today. Inviting prominent guests to speak at the college is one of their primary activities - past guests have been Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers, economists, social activists, sportspersons, etc,. A brief introduction on the World Bank was made by Veronique Danforth, Manager, Public Information Centre Coordination Unit. The presentation by Stephen Howes focused on the economic definition of globalization and presented international and Students of St. Stephen’s College in an interactive session Indian experiences in trade liberalization, economic on ‘Globalisation and Poverty’ growth and poverty reduction. the 7 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

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Guang Chen with members of INCOMPMUN

Seminar on “Globalization and the Millennium Development Goals” October 31, 2003

Dr. N. K. Jangira, Education Consultant, World Bank The Indian National Committee of People’s Movement for United Nations, INCOMPMUN (a Infusing college – to – career competencies and UN Association), an organization representing skills into the curricula, ease the transition to, industrialists, institutions, parliamentarians, NGOs through and from college education, and and social activists who support the UN System, encourage modification in the teacher education organized a Seminar on Globalization and the programs to include college – to – career content Millennium Development Goals - with special and pedagogy. reference to Infrastructure Development. Guang Chen, Sector Manager, Energy and Infrastructure, South Asia, spoke on Transport and its Linkage Conference on “Water and Peace” to the Millennium Development Goals. About 70 December 11, 2003 members of INCOMPMUN attended this event which was organized at the Gurgaon Industries Organised by the Engineering Department of the Association. Jamia Milia University, this two-day conference devoted one session to the World Bank’s policies ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ on water. Visit by students of Mar Gregorios College, John Briscue, Regional Water Advisor, spoke on November 21, 2003 how water resources could be a source of cooperation rather than conflict, while David Students from the Department of Social Work, Savage of the Water and Sanitation Program Mar Gregorios College, Chennai visited the World presented a case study from South Africa on the Bank office in New Delhi. They expressed a keen democratization of water services. Sumir Lal, interest in acquiring information on the World head of the Bank’s External Affairs Unit in New Bank and its work in India as well as to know Delhi, chaired the session. about the knowledge resources available with the Bank. Talk at the ET Club, Bangalore November 27, 2003 Panel discussion on Effectiveness of Environmental Education Curricula in Stephen Howes, Lead Economist, spoke to nearly Facilitating Student’s Transition into 400 management students on the subject, ‘Is Workplace India Poised to Become an Economic (November 21, 2003) Superpower?’ The students, members of the ET Club, responded enthusiastically to his thesis that The United States Educational Foundation in India India would inevitably become a superpower as (USEFI) celebrated the International Education long as it managed conflict, both internal and week and invited Dr. N. K Jangira, Senior external, and followed prudent policies. the 8 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

Forthcoming Events

Dissemination Seminar on Social Protection for the Elderly January 19-20, 2004

The World Bank Social Protection Unit provided financial support to a study done by HelpAge International on the Government of India’s Old Age Pension Scheme for destitute elderly. A report entitled “Non- Contributory Pensions in India: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh,” along with other studies related to poverty alleviation programs for the elderly in India and elsewhere in South Asia is being disseminated at this seminar. This seminar would also provide an opportunity for Government and non-Government representatives to discuss and debate the findings of various studies in the context of evolving public policy on social protection for elderly people.

State Health Systems Workshop (January 28-29, 2003)

A dissemination workshop of lessons learnt from State Health Systems Projects in the country is being organized by the World Bank in New Delhi.

Workshop on Land Policy and Land Revenue Administration (March 25-26, 2003)

A two-day workshop on Land Policy and Land Revenue Administration with World Bank support, is scheduled for March 25-26 2003 in New Delhi. Participants would be national and state-level officials and international experts. The workshop aims at facilitating dialogue and experience-sharing among decision makers on existing land revenue administration systems and land policy issues. It would also present country case studies and relevant global research.

Recent Project Approvals

Allahabad Bypass Project (October 14, 2003)

This project support by a US$240 million loan to the Government of India is the third World Bank loan to support the Government of India’s National Highway Development Program (NHDP), which aims to upgrade the 6,000 km Golden Quadrilateral linking Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and by the end of 2005. The 84.7 km Allahabad Bypass is the last remaining section of the Golden Quadrilateral. It will be located at the northern outskirts of Allahabad City and is designed as a 4-lane, access controlled highway.

The project documents were signed on Dec.16, 2003. the 9 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

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3154 3165 The Twin Effects of Globalization by Francesco Social Protection in a Crisis: Argentina’s Plan Jefes y Daveri, Paolo Manasse, and Danila Serra Jefas by Emanuela Galasso, and Martin Ravallion

3153 3164 Gender and Poverty: A Life Cycle Approach to the Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor by Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes by Philip Keefer, and Stuti Khemani Michael Lokshin, and Thomas A. Mroz

3163 3152 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The The Long-Run Economic Costs of AIDS: Theory and Role of Infrastructure by Marianne Fay, Danny an Application to South Africa by Clive Bell, Leipziger, Quentin Wodon, and Tito Yepes Shantayanan Devarajan, and Hans Gersbach

3162 3151 The Political Economy of Public Spending on A Multioutput Cost Function for Port Terminals: Education, Inequality, and Growth by Mark Some Guidelines for Regulation by Lourdes Trujillo, Gradstein Sergio Jara-Diaz, and Beatriz Tovar the 16 World Bank in India News & Views Quarterly

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