Endgame at the World Bank

By Sebastian Mallaby | Monday, May 14, 2007 | The Washington Post

Paul Wolfowitz has brought about a collapse of the World Bank’s reputation and its internal ethics. “The endgame may come this week, at a meeting of the World Bank’s board on Wednesday. If Wolfowitz manages to hold on to his job, it will reveal the hypocrisy of the governments to which the bank’s board answers. The Bush administration and its allies, notably the British government of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, have gone to the microphones repeatedly to proclaim their support for development. Now that the world’s premier development organization is in shambles, these leaders have a responsibility to replace the man who caused it.”…BS

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