Bank president Paul Wolfowitz has confirmed the appointment of the acting head of the Bank's department of institutional integrity, Suzanne Rich Folsom.
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WDR on equity: Practice what you preach
Civil society organisations welcomed many of the findings of the latest instalment of the World Bank's World Development Report on equity and development; question marks remain over its historical amnesia and the likelihood that the Bank will practice what it preaches.
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Mass exodus of Bank senior staff
The past two months have seen a flood of senior World Bank management leaving the institution.
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G24 calls for strategic review of World Bank
On 23 September, ministers from the G24 group of developing countries at the BWIs met…
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Report on multi-stakeholder consultations on systemic issues
Hosted by the New Rules for Global Finance coalition, this meeting summarised the findings of…
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Wolfowitz watch
A new initiative from US NGO Bank Information Center will provide information with the appointments made by president Wolfowitz, as well as his speeches and travel schedule.
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Giant taming: 10 years of the Bretton Woods Project
Director, European Network on Debt and Development; Coordinator, Bretton Woods Project, 1995-2004
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More white guys to top posts at IFC, finance
President Paul Wolfowitz named two Europeans to senior posts in early September.
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World Bank - IMF annual meetings 2005
Members of the staff of the Bank and Fund, board members, development and finance ministers are gathered in Washington 23 - 25 September.
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UK reports on its activities at the World Bank and IMF
The UK's Department for International Development published its first annual report of the UK's involvement with the World Bank in March. Treasury published its annual report on UK activities at the IMF in late July.
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