The World Bank has a project that studies the barriers to growth in less-developed countries.
The World Bank sees this small project in Tanzania as a sign of things to come.
She has squabbled publicly with her most famous compatriot, microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, over his control of Grameen Bank, and with the World Bank over a bridge project linked to corruption allegations.
Bjorn-Soren Gigler, a Senior Governance Specialist at the World Bank, sees the mapping project as a step towards righting that wrong.
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Private capital can just as easily finance a sound capital project as can the World Bank.
Getting the clean-up plans in place, says an official from the World Bank, which is co-funding the project, has been like pulling teeth.
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The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, is using GreenPrint in a pilot project, sending feedback to the company to help fine-tune the software for the corporation's needs.
Peter Chowla, a co-ordinator at the Bretton Woods Project, a campaign group set up to monitor the World Bank.
"There's definitely some truth and validity in these charges...of different standards, " says Peter Chowla, policy officer at the Bretton Woods Project, an NGO that monitors the IMF and the World Bank.
In addition, the World Bank said Bangladesh had agreed to introduce new procurement arrangements for the bridge project with more oversight and transparency and to conduct a full and fair investigation of the corruption allegations.
The Asian Development Bank is more ready than the World Bank to be a cheerleader for the Bangladeshi government and is keen to resuscitate the project.
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The scandal concerns contracts for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, a dam construction venture which has been partly funded by the World Bank.
The Ashanti people are also hoping the president will kick-start a major face-lifting project in Kumasi's leading business district, which is being funded by the World Bank.
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