Dutch Official says World Bank facing Wolfowitz Crisis

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A senior Dutch official has expressed worry that controversy surrounding World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has put the bank into a crisis situation that needs to be resolved quickly.

"It has become clear to us... that there is also a lack of trust at the moment in the leadership and in the management, so that is something that has to be resolved," Dutch Development Minister Bert Koenders said in an interview with Reuters, adding that he felt "grave concern" about the situation.

"A bank without a motivated staff cannot work on poverty eradication," he said.

Koenders spoke shortly after the IMF-World Bank Development Committee issued a communique similarly expressing worry that Mr Wolfowitz's handling of a girlfriend's promotion and pay raises put the bank's credibility and reputation at risk.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=258502

[CJCRANE]

1. Get rid of the comb-sucker n/t

[Bucky]

7. mmmm

mmmm, tasty

[Ian David]

2. Let's mortgage the mineral rights to his scalp. n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Aw, hell, let's open up his cranium to unrestricted drilling.

[wake.up.america]

4. I have a solution: Fire his sorry rear end. Great for my morale. at the very least.

[JHB]

5. And what makes Mr. Koenders think that Wolfie gives a rat's banana about...

"poverty eradication"?

[nuxvomica]

6. I have trouble parsing the claims of African finance ministers

that he has been good for Africa and a visionary and a fighter against corruption. This is the same guy who turned a blind eye to the Suharto regime's crimes when he was ambassador to Indonesia. Not to mention, of course, his promotion of the Iraq invasion. I don't trust him and I don't think a person with his history should head the World Bank anyway, regardless of the personal scandal.