World Bank Eligible Countries

Check the country list below to see if your country is listed.

Submit Confirmation of Meeting Attendance

Deadline Date: 26 September 2008

Authors from World Bank ‘Low Income’ or ‘Lower Middle Income’ countries must provide confirmation of meeting attendance by 26 September to AGU Headquarters. The following information must be received by the deadline by either mail, fax or e-mail. Information should be sent to: 2008 Fall Meeting, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009; fax: +1+202-777-7385, or e-mail: fm-help@agu.org

1. You must have the availability of funding to attend the meeting. Documentation must be provided from the member submitter or the member sponsor for each abstract. Supporting letters indicating that you have secured the funds or travel documentation (airline ticket, hotel reservation) are required. Authorization letters from a department head or the appropriate university official are also acceptable.
2. The status of your visa application. Provide documentation showing when the application was submitted and if it has been approved. If the application has not been approved by 26 September, you need to notify AGU of the approvals as soon as you have it.

NOTE: Visa applicants from some countries must now apply at least 4 to 5 months in advance of their travel date. See Visa Information for details.

In all correspondence reference the following information:

1. First Author Full Name and Affiliation
2. Abstract Reference Number
3. Abstract Title

Abstracts will be automatically withdrawn if the above information is not received at AGU Headquarters by 26 September. Abstracts can be reinstated at any time before the meeting starts upon confirmation of attendance. Scheduling of reinstated abstracts will be at the discretion of the program committee and generally as posters. These additions will appear on the meeting addendum and distributed with other such changes.

List of Eligible Countries

These countries have been classified by the World Bank as 'Low Income' or 'Lower Middle Income'

E-mail country validation required.

Tier 1 Countries
Afghanistan	Cote d'Ivoire	Kyrgyz Republic	Niger	Tajikistan
Bangladesh	Eritrea	Lao PDR	Nigeria	Tanzania
Benin	Ethiopia	Liberia	Pakistan	Togo
Burkina Faso	Gambia, The	Madagascar	Papua New Guinea	Uganda
Burundi	Ghana	Malawi	Rwanda	Uzbekistan
Cambodia	Guinea	Mali	Sao Tome/Principe	Vietnam
Central African Republic	Guinea-Bissau	Mauritania	Senegal	Yemen Republic
Chad	Haiti	Mozambique	Sierra Leone	Zambia
Comoros	Kenya	Myanmar	Solomon Islands	Zimbabwe
Congo Dem. Rep.	Korea, Dem. Rep.	Nepal	Somalia

Tier 2 Countries
Albania	Colombia	India	Moldova	Swaziland
Algeria	Congo Rep.	Indonesia	Mongolia	Syrian Arab Rep.
Angola	Djibouti	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Morocco	Thailand
Armenia	Dominican Republic	Iraq	Namibia	Timor-Leste
Azerbaijan	Ecuador	Jordan	Nicaragua	Tonga
Bhutan	Egypt Arab. Rep.	Kiribati	Paraguay	Tunisia
Bolivia	El Salvador	Lesotho	Peru	Turkmenistan
Bosnia/Herzegovina	Georgia	Macedonia, FYR	Philippines	Ukraine
Cameroon	Guatemala	Maldives	Samoa	Vanuatu
Cape Verde	Guyana	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka	West Bank/Gaza
China	Honduras	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Sudan