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Mr Wolfowitz said the bank management would need "some flexibility to work day to day" on corruption and governance.

Mr Wolfowitz and his team do not seem to understand that being president of the World Bank is a privilege, not an entitlement.

In pledging the Bank's strong commitment to support Pakistan, Wolfowitz said the reasons were obvious.

The FT asked the bank whether Mr Wolfowitz or any members of his office had been involved in the negotiations.

Mr Wolfowitz said the review team would consult widely but would not shy away from tough choices.

In his opening statement, Wolfowitz said the world was now at an important moment in history to eradicate poverty and create opportunity.

Wolfowitz has had a stormy relationship with the bank's professional staff ever since he became president two years ago.

The former executives said "there is only one way for Mr Wolfowitz to further the mission of the bank: he must resign" .

Wolfowitz said he acted on the advice of a board ethics committee and wanted it to acknowledge its own failures.

The relationship between EU countries and Mr Wolfowitz had always been strained as a result of his involvement in the Iraq conflict.

His successor at the bank, Paul Wolfowitz, proved to be a disaster, which served only to enhance Mr Wolfensohn's reputation.

Mr Wolfowitz then helped persuade the bank's donors to compensate it "dollar-for-dollar" for debt repayments it would no longer receive.

The ethics chairman who proffered advice to Mr Wolfowitz when he joined the bank is now back-pedalling furiously.

After the staff rebellion against Mr Wolfowitz, a blunt and confrontational approach would almost certainly backfire at the bank.

Wolfowitz also participated in launch of the Hydromet Modernization Project supported by the Bank and other donors.

Mr Wolfowitz has lost that confidence and will not be able to restore it in the three years remaining in his lame-duck tenure.

But in a hopelessly fragmented aid industry, "IDA is the glue that holds all this together, " as Mr Wolfowitz said.

During his visit to Rwanda, World Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz will meet Gakuba to hear her experiences as an entrepreneur in Rwanda.

"It remains the best for the bank if Mr Wolfowitz stands aside, " the official said.

However Wolfowitz also cautions giving more development aid to Africa is not the only answer.

There is now a global consensus that Mr Wolfowitz will have to leave the World Bank.

Mr Wolfowitz has espoused a policy of "zero tolerance" towards graft and corruption in the bank's staff and activities.

To Europeans, it looks as if some Americans' main motive is personal: to punish Mr Melkert for betraying Mr Wolfowitz.

In the end, the board had to accept that Wolfowitz, who admitted mistakes, had not acted unethically or in bad faith in the incident.

Wolfowitz said he was determined that the World Bank be an active partner in that effort.

"Our dream is a bank free of Wolfowitz" would be a more apt reflection of the surly reality on H Street.

In official meetings over the course of the day, Wolfowitz shared his enthusiasm about what he had seen in rural Andhra Pradesh.

Mr Wolfowitz declined to comment. Ms Riza did not respond to a request forcomment.

Certainly his underlings dislike the sectarian style Mr Wolfowitz seems to share with the man who appointed him.

Wolfowitz had a brief tour of Soweto to understand its history, get an impression of life and the challenges of service delivery.

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, says the stakes for the poor and for the world economy are too big to allow the Doha Round to fail.

Mister Wolfowitz and I. M. F. chief Rodrigo de Rato also called for increased aid for the poorest countries, especially in Africa.

Paul Wolfowitz, the head of the World Bank, is devoting special efforts during his presidency there to a drive against corruption.

Wolfowitz will have the chance to see how the Nder washing station operates.

I welcome the decision of the Board to appoint Paul Wolfowitz as the next President of the World Bank Group.

Wolfowitz says the World Bank wants to be helpful and will not bog down the process by insisting on being the lead agency.

Directors of the World Bank have announced that the organization's President Paul Wolfowitz is to resign at the end of June.

The Centcom command tried to stop their hare-brained military mission, but Mr Wolfowitz gave them the green light.

Later today, Wolfowitz will join former United States president, Bill Clinton, at a meeting on tsunami reconstruction.

Mr Wolfowitz's crass favouritism was, at best, a case of extremely poor judgment.

Prior to his arrival Wolfowitz described Brazil as "one of the most important countries in the developing world. "

Wolfowitz said it was now time for everyone to stand accountable and deliver.

Wolfowitz learned how the women had transformed their lives by starting small businesses in pharmacy, clothing and other innovative schemes.

Wolfowitz will visit a World Bank and government funded program, aimed at turning part of the dry arid desert into lush green usable land.

Nonetheless, the department is but a small cog in Mr Wolfowitz's general fight against corruption.

Wolfowitz signaled climate change would be a key issue during this visit.

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A gentle nudge from Mr Bush or his Treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, would be the best way to resolve the Wolfowitz mess.

If Mr Wolfowitz is an overconfident thinker, he also seems an insecure manager, too impressed by bumptious aides.

US officials cautioned that the final decision on the successor to Mr Wolfowitz had yet to be made.

Mr Wolfowitz apologised for his indiscretion only once during the meetings.

President Wolfowitz, in your opening statement, you said you asked that you be judged by what you are doing now.

Wolfowitz and Michel also met with Jean-Pierre Bemba, the main contender during the recent election.

If confirmed by the World Bank's board, Mr Zoellick would replace Paul Wolfowitz who steps down on June 30.

Alison Cave, the chair of the staff association, welcomed the apology but said Mr Wolfowitz must "act honourably and resign" .

In a statement, Wolfowitz said his resignation was in the best interests of the 185 member-nation bank and would take effect June 30th.

But now Mr Wolfowitz is likened less to a benign emperor than to Caesar's suspect spouse.

Begum Khaleda and Wolfowitz recognized the country's high growth, good macro-economic management and improvement in social indicators.

In doing so, the Executive Directors expressed appreciation to Mr. Paul Wolfowitz as departing President of the World Bank Group.

Mr. Wolfowitz, a United States national, currently serves as U. S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

"This is a moment which must be seized to address its underlying development problems, " Wolfowitz said.

What has happened to the neoconservatives, including the much discredited Paul Wolfowitz?

Wolfowitz told the media conference fighting corruption was also a vital issue.

Two intimates hardly constitute "an army of Bush administration retreads" , as Mr Wolfowitz points out.

Wolfowitz also attended a round-table discussion with private sector leaders in Johannesburg.

Wolfowitz says about 25 percent of the population in the region lives on less than $2 a day.

It was 20 years ago this month that Wolfowitz took his post in Jakarta as United States' Ambassador to Indonesia.

In 2005, the ethics committee rejected Mr Wolfowitz's workable proposal to recuse himself on all personnel matters concerning his friend.

As The Economist went to press, Mr Wolfowitz still had his job, but his position was precarious and his institution paralysed.

Paul Wolfowitz, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, was deputy secretary of defense from 2001 to 2005.

"We need to move fast, much faster than we normally do in long-term development programs, " Wolfowitz said.

Mr. Wolfowitz will also visit Timor-Leste, a relatively new state that is recognized as a stellar performer among post-conflict countries.

President Bush leaves office in two months, and Wolfowitz will be out of a job.

Ideally, Mr Wolfowitz's departure would prompt a new process for choosing a successor.

He fostered a new generation of clever young hawks, led by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz.

A group of girls gave Wolfowitz a crash course in reassembling televisions.

It is understood that other managers of vice-president rank also suggested Mr Wolfowitz should go.

As Wolfowitz recently recalled, the Indonesia of 20 years ago was "euphemistically called an autocratic regime. "

Folsom was appointed by President Wolfowitz to represent the World Bank on the joint IFI Task Force.

Mr Wolfowitz is to make a final plea before the board on Tuesday.

It mandated the very conflict that Mr Wolfowitz had aimed to avoid yet gave no instructionson how to carry this out.

Douglas Feith, who worked with Mr Wolfowitz at the Pentagon, is an "untouchable" who is floating around the margins of academia.

The problems continued afterMr Wolfowitz was appointed.

There is as yet no indication as to who will replace Wolfowitz as head of the world's biggest development institution.

Mr Wolfowitz will leave the post at the end of June.

She extended the analogy when Wolfowitz asked how exactly the World Bank-funded PPAF had helped the community.

The key word was "quality" , Wolfowitz heard.

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Why such animus against Mr Wolfowitz?

And in the Amazon area, Wolfowitz will go to various projects seeking a balance between environmental conservation and economic development.

Wolfowitz reminded delegates that two-thirds of the world's poor live in middle income countries.

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Mr Wolfowitz's crusade at the World Bank is based on the idea that corrupt countries fail to develop.

"He doesn't have a lot of good options, " said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.

While in China, Wolfowitz will also meet women's groups, civil society organizations and students.

Mr. Wolfowitz has a doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago.

But, said Wolfowitz, increased assistance must be matched with strong performance by the developing countries.

Wolfowitz said preserving the integrity of IDA would ensure that developing countries as a whole benefited from the deal.

Wolfowitz said developed countries need to deliver on their promises to boost aid and developing countries should improve their performance.

Professor Wolfowitz would chalk the equations on the board and give them to us to study on mimeographed sheets .

Clever and well connected, Mr Wolfowitz seemed an interesting gamble when he was appointed;

Bush Nominates Wolfowitz to be President of World Bank