Beran,

The picture you saw must be that of Sidi Jammeh a World Bank staffer who is
associated with the World Bank Group-IMF Africa Club. Thank you all the same
for your encouraging words.

For those of you in the Washington DC area with interest in African art,
Momodou Ceesay's art will be on display during the five-day forum at the
WB/IMF comlexes.  We met in Banjul a couple of weeks back where he was
putting the finishing touches to works he intend to put on display at the
forum.

Sidi Sanneh


>From: "Jeng, Beran" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: FWD:We Should Not Think Africa Is Lost" - IMF Chief
>Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:02:20 -0500
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>Sidi,
>
>Your picture with IMF MD Horst Kohler and Nigerian Senator Kura Muhammad is
>a
>good one.
>Keep up the good work for Africa.
>
>Beran
>
>
>
>allAfrica.com
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>
>October 30, 2000
>Tamela Hultman
>Washington DC
>Addressing head-on the common perception that Africa is hopelessly mired in
>poverty and strife, the top official of the International Monetary Fund
>says
>that Africa has the capacity to solve its problems.
>In a speech that opened the Africa Forum 2000 in Washington DC, IMF
>Managing
>Director Horst Kohler said Africa can solve its "homemade" problems of
>corruption and conflict. But he linked the ability to do so to "faster,
>stronger
>and better institutional support" from the world community. To obtain that
>support, however, African nations must put into place the framework of good
>governance, fair and accessible judicial systems, a consistent and
>transparent
>regulatory framework and, most of all, a commitment to private sector
>development, Kohler said.
>He acknowledged the "downside elements of globalization" and said they must
>be
>addressed, but he insisted that unless Africa is integrated into the global
>community in a considered and sequenced approach, the continent will not be
>able
>to achieve sustainable growth.
>"We should not think Africa is lost," Kohler said. After visiting six
>African
>nations in July, he found many reasons to be hopeful, among them the
>initiatives
>of women. Despite formidable challenges he said, women "still worked
>productively. They tried to solve problems. They didn't complain. They
>worked."
>Even managing directors of international institutions need encouragement
>now and
>then, Kohler said, and he found it among Africa's women.
>The IMF chief said he is returning to Africa in February with World Bank
>President James Wolfensohn. The visits, and the increasing attention the
>sister
>organizations will be paying to African poverty issues, he said, show that
>"there is commitment on our side."
>Joining Kohler in cutting the ribbon that formally opened the conference
>was Sue
>Esserman, the Deputy US Trade Representative, who read a statement by
>President
>Bill Clinton <http://allafrica.com/stories/200010300407.html> .
>Strengthening
>the American partnership with Africa has been one of the administration's
>top
>priorities, the statement said.
>The Forum is a five-day gathering sponsored by the World Bank Group-IMF
>Africa
>Club, an association of African and Africa-interested staff of the
>international
>financial organizations. Forum Coordinator Eric Chinje told journalists,
>dignitaries and conference participants at the opening ceremonies that the
>event
>is designed to support African economies by providing multiple platforms
>for
>sharing information on critical issues, including trade, procurement,
>investment
>and funding.
>The Club scheduled Forum sessions on a range of issues including
>information
>technology, infrastructure, energy, agribusiness, and health and
>pharmaceuticals. In response to Africa's one-dimensional media image - as
>well
>as the economic role cultural products can play - the Forum is also
>presenting
>arts and artisanal productions, from documentaries and films to
>handicrafts.
>
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