http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ en-us awilks@eurodad.org 2007-05-30T08:04:19+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000825.php So it looks like Robert Zoellick is the U.S. pick for the Bank job. There may be nominations from other governments, but now it's time to rake over the coals and see what Zoellick has done in the past and... 825@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Zoellick 2007-05-30T08:04:19+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000824.php Should Robert Zoellick indeed become president of the World Bank, he will be reunited with his old friend Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, in the elite club at the top of the global economic system. When Zoellick... 824@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Zoellick 2007-05-30T06:50:50+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000823.php Press reports are circulating that President Bush - surprise, surprise, will pick; Robert Zoellick, another middle aged white man to head the World Bank. But does he have what it takes?--... 823@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ World Bank president 2007-05-30T03:57:17+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000822.php As many of us suspected, European countries agreed not to challenge the U.S. "divine right of appointing" as part of the bargain that saw Wolfowitz resign, according to Canada's Globe and Mail. This line in the article on Zoellick caught... 822@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Wolfowitz 2007-05-30T03:41:31+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000821.php Bush will make the announcement tomorrow according to an Associated Press release, published by ABC news."President Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a one-time U.S. trade representative and former No. 2 official at the State Department, to lead the World Bank,... 821@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ The Process 2007-05-29T23:55:39+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000820.php Aahh! One neocon replaces another. The end is nigh!!! Bloomberg has the scoop. In case anyone's forgotten, Zoellick is another Project for the New American Century, Iraq war hawk, who had a reputation of being the opposite of a diplomat... 820@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Zoellick 2007-05-29T22:52:54+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000819.php Bloomberg is reporting that "The German government has told the Bush administration that it would support the nomination of former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to head the World Bank, a German government official said."... 819@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ The Process 2007-05-29T19:12:50+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000818.php [Apologies in advance for the shameless self promotion.] The Scripps Howard News Service has picked up an op-ed I wrote with editorial help from the good folks at Foreign Policy In Focus.... 818@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Wolfowitz 2007-05-29T18:47:22+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000817.php This UPI article quotes Whitehouse spokesperson Tony Snow as indicating that "the President is close to choosing Wolfowitz's replacement", as soon as later this week. Combined with other recent posts, it seems reasonible to conclude that Zoellick will be put... 817@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ World Bank president 2007-05-29T18:39:27+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000816.php Responding to a freedom of information request, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's 'Engaging with the Islamic World Group' has confirmed British support for the Foundation which employed (?) Shaha Riza during her time away from the Bank.... 816@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Riza 2007-05-29T15:27:44+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000815.php Returning home from the recent African Development Bank meeting in Shanghai, economist Jeffrey Sachs comments on all that "is wrong with the World Bank, even aside from Wolfowitz's failed leadership". Unlike the Chinese, says Sachs, "the Bank has too often... 815@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ The Process 2007-05-29T10:30:40+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000814.php According to the Financial Times, Zoellick is leading the pack of contenders for the position of President of the World Bank. "Senior US administration officials expect a decision on the successor to Paul Wolfowitz, who steps down as bank president... 814@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ The Process 2007-05-29T01:49:53+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000813.php In a hearing by the House Committee on Financial Services last Tuesday about " The Role and Effectiveness of the World Bank in Combating Global Poverty ", Nobel Laureate, Joseph Stiglitz argues for appointing an "Interim President, for the next... 813@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Wolfowitz 2007-05-28T19:17:44+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000812.php Three finance ministers who have headed the G20 -- the talking shop spearheaded by the Canadians, not the maverick grouping that formed at the WTO meeting in Cancun -- issued statements on Sunday calling for an open, merit-based process to... 812@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ The Process 2007-05-28T19:00:06+00:00 http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/archives/000811.php Paul Wolfowitz has given an exclusive interview to the BBC World Service to try to explain why he is leaving the World Bank. He says the media and an overheated atmosphere were to blame, and uses his airtime to justify... 811@http://WWW.WORLDBANKPRESIDENT.ORG/ Wolfowitz 2007-05-28T07:44:30+00:00