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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1999

EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Optimism in adversity VIEWPOINT This time, let's do it right FOCUS The worst in living memory New records for charity A place to call home Lessons learned or lessons lost? Thirst follows the flood Farmers without soil A hard life gets harder A future built on solidarity FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING Digital trade barriers THE BANK IN ACTION From wasteland to profit center

NEWSBEAT New credits help to stem financial crisis IMF official named IDB vice president Donors back Peru's fight against drugs IDB lends record $10 billion in 1998 1,800 teachers, one classroom Round-up THINK TANK Home buyers fuel high finance New plumbing for securities markets Geography and economic destiny EXPRESSIONS Bright threads of a cultural tradition Exotic festivals, just a click away PROJECT NEWS LATEST APPROVALS: GAZETTE New funds for microenterprise Capital marketsAppointments PROTAGONISTS A mayor to remember

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