IP: The World Bank meets on the Internet -- "safest" place: [risks] Risks Digest 21.43

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 14:35:35 +0200
>From: Andres Silva <asilva@fi.upm.es>
>Subject: The World Bank meets on the Internet
>
>Having fear of anti-globalization activists, the World Bank announced the
>cancellation of its 2001 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics
>(ABCDE) in Europe, originally slated to be held in Barcelona on 25-27 Jun
>2001.
>
>This is the WB news release on the subject:
>
> 
>http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/EURVP/web.nsf/068c530cca07c3bac12569ed005af420/
>  6b160161ef128660c1256a1e00541840?OpenDocument  [URL SPLIT]
>
>As Barcelona streets seem dangerous, they are planning to move the
>conference to a "safest" place, as the internet (!). In the news release
>they say that "Fortunately the internet means that academic debates can now
>take place on line" and "plans are being made for an on-line
>discussion". OK. Let's see...
>
>Andrés Silva  http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/UDIS/miembros/asilva
>
>   [I thought about retitling this "The World Bank Meets The Internet",
>   but thought better of it.  PGN]



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