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PREM Learning Week 2002: Spurring Equitable Growth and Empowering People -- Low income countries under stress (LICUS): Conflict-affected states Watch Video Connection Speed: High Speed Low Speed    Event Title : PREM Learning Week 2002 Date : 2002-06-24 Duration : 71 minutes Language  : English Country/Region : World Keyword :  Economic Development  Poverty   Presenter : Yaw Ansu Vinay Bhargava Paul Isenman Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Related Material | Recommendations |Related B-SPAN Videos |  DESCRIPTION  Low income countries under stress (LICUS) are characterized as having weak policies, institutions, and governance which adversely affect development effectiveness. As a result, development assistance has been concentrated in other countries with greater capacity and, over time, donors have become disengaged in low-income countries under stress. This neglect has contributed to the further perpetuation of poverty and may have contributed to the collapse of some nation-states. As part of the PREM Week Conference activities, LICUS issues were addressed in a session chaired by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director of Operational Core Services in the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. She provided an overview of the recent World Bank initiative on LICUS and issues such as defining LICUS countries and the approaches, strategies, and principles to assist them effectively. She is followed by panelist Paul Isenman (minute 19:50), Development Cooperation Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; Vinay Bhargava (minute 36:38), World Bank Director for International Affairs; and Yaw Ansu (minute 46:28), World Bank Country Director for Zimbabwe and Tanzania.  RELATED MATERIALS   Transcripts from this event PovertyNet World Bank Initiative on LICUS International Development Association RELATED B-SPAN EVENTS Economic Development (414) Poverty (258)