The World Bank Group a world free of poverty -- Afghanistan -- World Bank releases approach paper.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 November 2001-WORLD BANK GROUP: The World Bank Group a world free of poverty -- Afghanistan -- World Bank releases approach paper (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07112001 WASHINGTON -- The World Bank has released an approach paper on Afghanistan as it prepares to co-host a conference on the country's reconstruction with the United Nations Development Programme and the Asian Development Bank.

The three-day conference, "Preparing for Afghanistan's Reconstruction," will be held from November 27 to 29 in Islamabad, Pakistan, where the organizers hope to gather not only a wide range of experienced participants from the assistance community but representatives from the community of knowledgeable Afghans. "We expect that the...