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-~~~~R - - z ffi 'r_ ^~~If F77Z _ . _ FVR`. Fo0r S t rongrer Pat er esidet tFidel V RFm s expresspprecia tion orthe World Bnk's assistanceto he Phdtp -~ ~ i w ; - i th- W o- ri AI --I ;B ank-'t 6'-'~ ',3; pines andreiterated the need for a contine par -allll,} VVlugl W YO0 lU''-DanK i nership with the World Bank. 1ernadethesere ma '"remks durngth courtesy new Resid k__presentatiye to the Philipptne;. Nr.-Vinay ; -. ^_ -- 1- - Bhar i h lafacanan.. r-u I - ; - M - 8 - y1 ] -1 tr. BhAr3aacon%e)ed de VkUrldBan' ssup-- > 1- 8i t - I5 t'tite 10^tl - 5SlS Ai W prn th?hil hehopine2covermentin i ts el ns - - tI It;vl s * tornake the gains ofgrt,wth available ~~~~~~~~~tthoe pieor .;,..i l ftipinos e oinFurr eitd zedPesrdtjnnhe . - -45! :- - ' . l blza ] s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~iirI_ deieralecnr'ic.sard pliri. o.\ ziqrlU Barkl s :s: tanceto the Philippine 1 r ihe n r-\:hree sears * HeprN . F sentR tt ed a recerlt reportufhle U rld 'Fnk - | b ^ 9~~~~~~~~~~' f f t t " - ' G~~~~~/,d~ri~.~ o Svemgi m' e,'~ nPi "s . . r. - . - z ~~~~~ .. . ' . . i ~~~of his terrn rlie also espre..ed hi. con fidienc in h .__,'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- Ptipne blt io beom g lI!v corip r; Mrh Bhreaaaso& bnd Peiet ao n President Ramos welcomes WlB's new Reslep Bkargava the;ohange agenda at the World Bank; spearheaded byit y President4amedD WolfeRsahn m PresidentRamos w lcomes WB s new R sRep BhargayatM Ba Th char nge~6d -- I -6r -rsp.s- or-siveness d focusoni; Philip pine Projects Doing W ell; Action cients;shigh qualltyresLIturthXruneffi. ;- ?en *; Plan for Bete-r Resuts Forged . -her , . r - . ' r 2 >- - = L ^= fessionafexcelle-nie of .W orld Banl~sa . i -- aJd A recentjoint review by the World ways and means to improve perfor- A Bank and key govemrnment agen- mance of the 28 on-going projects as- cies indicated that implementation sisted by World Bank loans,. totaling progress of twenty five out of twenty about $1.3 billion. NewProjects 2 eight ongoing World Bank-assisted of29 ......... 2 projects were rated satisfactory or "While recognizing the progress in Clubof29.3 highly satisfactory. The performance the implementation of the projects, /. The Phil. and criteria used for the review were the World Bank and the Government the WB. 4-5 progress in implementing the project and both recognized there is roomfor im-- The World Bank .n achieving their projected develop- provemeni," Mr. Ohene Nyanin, andN& Os.6 ment impact. The objective of the re- Deputy Resident Representative to the View from an NGO .......... .. 7 view was to jointly work out with the Philippines stated. WB-assisted Projects ... Government of the Philippines (GOP) I P - CZ, PhiL., p. 2 A  Phil. Proj Jrom p I The annUal review culminated in the adoption of a five-point action plan to im- prove results on the ground. Under this action plan, specific steps were identified which would address issues related to pro- - _ _ curement, disbursements, accounting and F ;