|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
News
Contact us
Search
Affiliated sites
|
BUSINESSAnother Bush ally to head World Bank Robert Zoellick, a nimble negotiator who has crisscrossed the globe as President George W. Bush's trade chief and as the No. 2 U.S. diplomat, is the White House's choice to be the next World Bank president. Bush announced the decision May 30. He would succeed Paul Wolfowitz, who is stepping down June 30 after findings by a special bank panel that he broke bank rules when he arranged a hefty compensation package in 2005 for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, a bank employee. The controversy led to calls from Europeans, the bank's staff, aid groups, Democratic politicians and others for Wolfowitz to resign from the poverty-fighting institution.
The Japan Times Weekly: June 2, 2007 |
Main Page ｜ Japan Times Online ｜ Subscribe ｜ link policy ｜ privacy policy
Copyright The Japan Times. All rights reserved.
