Wolfensohn, James D.Wade, AbdoulayeMoore, Mike2016-08-152016-08-152002-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24885On May 9-11, 2002 the members of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) met in Bern, Switzerland for their Third Annual Conference. The meeting took place in the Swiss Parliament to mark the tenth anniversary of Swiss membership in the Bretton Woods institutions. The attendance of 104 Members of Parliament from 42 countries helped to firmly establish the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank (PNoWB) as a parliamentary sounding board. The meeting underscored the important role that Parliamentarians play in international development. In the various sessions of the conference two themes recurred: implementation and governance. The participants of the conference were challenged by World Bank President James Wolfensohn to focus on implementing the international consensus that emerged from the conferences in Doha and Monterrey and leading up to Johannesburg. He urged Parliamentarians to invest in their relationships with their governments to be able to play an active role in implementing these development initiatives. At the same time, participants discussed the role that Parliamentarians could play to strengthen governance structures in developing countries to create an environment conducive to the success of development policies.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYANTI-CORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTIONBUDGET EXPENDITURESCAPACITY BUILDINGCENTRAL GOVERNMENTSCITIZENCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCOALITIONSCONFEDERATIONCONGRESSIONAL APPROVALCONSENSUSCONSULTATIVE PROCESSCORRUPTIONCOUNTRIES MUSTCRISESDEBT RELIEFDEMOCRATIC CONTROLDEMOCRATIC SYSTEMDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT AIDDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDEVELOPMENT PROCESSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTELECTED OFFICIALSELECTED REPRESENTATIVESEXECUTIVE BRANCHFEDERAL GOVERNMENTFIGHTING CORRUPTIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SYSTEMFISCALFISCAL SITUATIONGLOBAL GOVERNANCEGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE STRUCTUREGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSGOVERNORGOVERNORSHEAD OF STATEHUMAN RIGHTSIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINEQUALITYINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINVESTMENT CLIMATEJUDICIAL REFORMLEGAL SYSTEMLEGISLATIONLEGISLATURESLOCAL COMMUNITIESMEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTMINISTERSMPNATIONSNEW MEMBERSOPENING SPEECHPARLIAMENTPARLIAMENTARIANSPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEESPARLIAMENTARY DEBATEPARLIAMENTARY LIBRARIESPARLIAMENTARY NETWORKPARLIAMENTARY NETWORKSPARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHTPARLIAMENTSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL CAPITALPOLITICAL PROCESSPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROPERTY RIGHTSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRANSPARENCYUPPER HOUSESpeechWorld Bank10.1596/24885