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Home > Africa: Shoe on the other foot as Africa chides Wolfowitz

Contributor [1]
Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 03:00
Categories: 
Corruption [2]
Issue Number: 
304 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The scandal hanging over World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has damaged his ability to preach against corruption in Africa, but Africans say the bank's anti-graft message must remain whether he stays or goes. The bank is due to give its final decision soon on Wolfowitz's future, which is now clouded over a pay and promotion deal he approved for his companion, World Bank Middle East expert Shaha Riza.

Category: 
Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/corruption/41435 [5]

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