CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to use in the Proxy Statement and Prospectus and the Statement
of Additional Information constituting parts of this registration statement on
Form N-14 (the "N-14 Registration Statement") of our report dated December 20,
1999, relating to the financial statement and financial highlights of Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Diversified Income Trust referred to in such report, which
appears in such N-14 Registration Statement.

We also consent to the use in the N-14 Registration Statement of our report
dated December 13, 1999, relating to the financial statement and financial
highlights of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter World Wide Income Trust referred to in
such report, which appears in such N-14 Registration Statement.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York 10036
January 16, 2001