5 May 2000 : The week in Brief:

• World Bank holds electronic conference on Globalisation, Poverty and Development more
  
• The huge economic costs of Aids and Malaria more
  
• Clinton declares Aids a world security issue more
  
• Disappointment at the World Education Forum more
  
• Indian drought threatens 50 million more
  
• Zimbabwe’s political insecurity poses threat to Southern Africa more