15/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn welcomed the commitment taken by the European Union and the United States to increase their aid to developing countries, with a view to the Monterrey Conference on development funding. "We very much welcome the EU's decision to boost the average annual aid spending of their member states to 0.39% of GDP by 2006", he said in a press release. President Bush announced for his part that the United States is planning to provide...