2007-05-08 17:49:32

Wolfowitz held guilty of nepotism

The ethical committee of the world bank has held Wolfowitz guilty of nepotism. This probably means the end of the Wolfowitz era in the world bank, and might cause a lot of additional pressure on Bush, who has put him into this position.

After all the stories about how the world bank practially supports the first-world countries and pulls more money out of the pockets of the so-called third world, this appears to be at least some beam of light on the horizon, indicating that not all is lost with regard to this institution.

Nevertheless, it is highly unlikely that the strategy of the world bank is going to change in the future.

The full article can be found at http://www2.laliberte.ch/[...]55250172194810300.xml.


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