1.   A WB mission recently visited the country to review the progress of currently funded energy sector projects in the country.

2.   A WB mission visited the country early last month to review the progress of all its currently funded energy sector projects in the Philippines.

3.   The issue of activating the role of Arab financial and monetary institutions in financing Arab business sector projects was also among the recommendations concluded at the conference.

4.   The proposal also includes co-financing power, environmental and banking sector reform projects with the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.

5.   Both banks said they would look carefully at which state sector projects they would grant loans, providing funds only to those which seemed viable.

6.   Wolfensohn, on a seven-day visit to India which ends Monday, has visited bank-assisted urban development and social sector projects across the country.

7.   Wolfensohn, who later left for the southern city of Bangalore, is visiting various bank-assisted urban development and social sector projects and meeting with non-governmental organisations.