Brussels, 07/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for Development, Poul Nielson, signed a financing convention in Brussels on Friday, releasing a European contribution of over one billion euro to the "reinforced initiative for heavily indebted poor countries" (PPLE II), launched the World Bank and the IMF. Of this amount: a) $680 million, managed by the Trust Fund of the World Bank, is earmarked for development banks in African and Caribbean countries, b) 54 million will...