Summary report of Village Immersion Programme, Sri Lanka, March 26 - April 4, 1998
This report provides a summary of the Village Immersion Programme (VIP) in Sri Lanka. The VIP is essential training for staff of the World Bank, and provides them with an opportunity to sensitise themselves to poverty and development related issues at village level. The report outlines the process of the programme through personal documentation of events. It provides recommendations for improving the Bank's lending programmes from the perception of the participants, and offers suggestions for the VIP's improvement. The overall observations and conclusions are made that: