From Africa Recovery, Vol.11#3 (February 1998), Watch page

WORLD BANK
African leaders ask for greater say in aid use

Leaders from 12 African countries meeting in Kampala, Uganda, in January urged the World Bank to make the continent a top priority for the 21st century and to permit African countries greater say in how they use the aid they receive. According to sources close to the closed-door meeting, the heads of state of Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as the South African vice-president, were critical of past World Bank policies. World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, while acknowledging errors by the Bank, asked the African leaders to accept responsibility for their own mistakes as well. The World Bank president is expected to hold a similar meeting for countries in West Africa later this year.

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