SCONRES 136
106th Congress
Senate
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.
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Cost effectivenessFinance and Financial SectorForeign loansManagement auditMultilateral development banksPerformance measurement
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Passed Senate
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
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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.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 136: 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.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-136/
"S. Con. Res. 136: 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.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-136/.
S. Con. Res. 136, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SCONRES-136/.
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