Breaking the Barriers - Women and the Elimination of World Poverty (DFID, 1999, 24 p.): Working with international partners: World Bank

Breaking the Barriers - Women and the Elimination of World Poverty (DFID, 1999, 24 p.)

Working with international partners

		(introduction...)
		In the EU
		At the UN
		World Bank
		OECD
		The Commonwealth

World Bank

Social and gender issues have been high on the agenda in our dialogue with the World Bank for many years and we are developing a similar relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

· We have contributed to the continuing work in the Poverty and Social Policy Group of the Special Programme of Assistance to Africa and made a substantial contribution to the 1998 Poverty Status Report for Africa, on the theme of Gender and Poverty