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The world has not gotten quite over what happened at the World Bank recently, and to make things even more interesting, it seems that IMF is also on the verge of witnessing a change at its helm.
Rodrigo de Rato the managing director of the IMF has...
Robert Zoellick, U.S. nominee for president at the World Bank, has reaffirmed that Africa continues to be the topmost priority for World Bank. In his first interview since being nominated to succeed Paul Wolfowitz at WB, Zoellick on Saturday focused...
A senior U.S. official, speaking on conditions of anonymity, said yesterday that Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, has been chosen to succeed Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank. He further added that President Bush is likely to...
Paul Wolfowitz, the departing president of World Bank, on Monday, once again refused to take the blame for his exit from the Bank. In an interview to the British Broadcasting Corporation, he blamed media and 'overheated emotions' at the Bank for his...
The board of the World Bank has met to decide the fate of the organisation's president, Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has confronted demand for his resignation over the promotion and pay of an ex-colleague with whom he is allegedly romantically...
President George W. Bush has confirmed what many had expected. On Monday, in an interview with Reuters, he said that he would like to see an American at the helm of the World Bank, once Paul Wolfowitz officially departs.
Wolfowitz had announced...
The ongoing leadership crisis at the World Bank is heading for a speedy conclusion. Beleaguered World Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz, is negotiating an agreement to resign, if sources are to be believed. Wolfowitz is seeking a face-saving...
The ad hoc World Bank panel has criticized Wolfowitz for violating the 'Code of Conduct and Staff Rules,' and has rejected the arguments that he had earlier submitted in his defense. The panel appointed by the World Bank, to look into the charges...
Despite vehement protests by Paul Wolfowitz that he has not been not given enough time to counter accusations that he broke ethic rules, World Bank's panel pressed ahead with its investigations yesterday. Wolfowitz not only criticized the 'committee'...
Before proceeding with the details I would like to tell you that never in the last six decades World Bank has fired its president but all this is expected to change now. The shareholders of World Bank will be meeting to decide upon the future of Paul...
World bank President Paul Wolfowitz launched an attack on his detractors yesterday and claimed that he was a victim of a 'smear campaign.' Appearing before a panel of the bank's executive board, he defended himself vigorously and said that the...
The World Bank's board on Friday deferred a final decision on the fate of bank president Paul Wolfowitz, whose role is under scrutiny after the accusations of favoritism shown to his girlfriend at the bank.
The World Bank's board of directors...
Paul D. Wolfowitz's efforts to continue as president of the World Bank received a severe setback on Sunday when a group of two dozen of the world's finance ministers and leaders of other international organizations delivered an uncommonly public...
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