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SCONRES 136 106th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Auditing Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Finance and Financial Sector Foreign loans Management audit Multilateral development banks Performance measurement

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of brining transparency, accountability, and effectiveness to the World Bank and its programs and projects.

Introduced: September 19, 2000 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Sep 20, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8770)
Sep 19, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8769-8770)
Sep 19, 2000
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the World Bank should publicly commit to execute performance audits and a complete performance evaluation of the effectiveness of its programs and projects by independent private sector firms; (2) the audits and evaluation should be published, should meet specified requirements, and, together with the General Accounting Office review thereof, would help bring necessary transparency, accountability, and effectiveness to the World Bank and its programs and projects; and (3) the health and well-being of people around the world would be aided by the World Bank's efforts to ensure that its resources are properly and appropriately directed to those truly in need.
What's happening now September 20, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8770)

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