Wolfowitz Corruption Drive Rattles World Bank
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World Bank president Paul D. WolfowitzÂs fight against corruption in poor countries has drawn criticism for its aggressive approach.
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SINGAPORE -- The leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, meeting here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government yesterday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of antipoverty and environmental organizations. They accused Singapore of breaking an agreement to open its doors.
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Many electronic governance projects are failing globally due to poor planning, political interference and bureaucratic bungling, a top World Bank official said Friday.
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World Bank head James Wolfensohn has backed Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s political shake-up criticised by many Western nations as limiting democracy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Demands for bribes from police and other  public officials is a major problem across the developing world  and even EU countries like the Czech Republic and Greece are  major offenders, a corruption watchdog said on Thursday.
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The UK is withholding Â£50m from the World Bank in protest at the way it fights corruption, ministers say.
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Debt campaigners attending this weekâs annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have expressed disappointment and outrage over the failure of the
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In the latest edition of its highly-regarded Corruption Index , Transparency International blames corruption for diverting urgently needed public money into dirty hands.
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A World Bank report that measures factors like corruption control, government accountability and absence of violence, released on Tuesday, shows little overall improvement in governance worldwide despite increasing focus on the issue.
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Vivid allegations of widespread corruption at the U.N. oil-for-food program by the top U.S. arms inspector have added credibility to accusations the United Nations looked the other way while Saddam Hussein's government skimmed billions of dollars and offered kickbacks to European and Arab countries and officials.
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A U.N. internal investigative unit has found an unexpected amount of fraud and abuse in some 250 cases currently underway, including alleged sexual and financial offenses.
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A U.N. internal investigative unit has found an unexpected amount of fraud and abuse at the United Nations and is currently investigating 250 cases, including alleged sexual and financial offenses.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Robert M. Appleton, a senior U.N. crime fighter, has pursued corruption from New Delhi to Manhattan's swank W Hotel, where two U.N. officials wound down a $6,000 night of drinking, strip clubs and prostitutes, courtesy of a corrupt executive seeking to do business with the Unite...
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GLASGOW, May 25 (IPS) - It might be an unexpected tribute to Paul    Wolfowitz that he departed leaving the World Bank a little more  civil   society like. It might just happen, going by some  suggestions John   Garrison, senior civil society specialist with  the World Bank, made at   the Civicus world assembly in Glasgow  Friday.
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The UK is withholding Â£50m from the World Bank in protest at the way it fights corruption, the government says.
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The United Nations and the World Bank joined forces Monday to try to recover billions of dollars stolen from the coffers of developing countries every year by corrupt leaders and officials.
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Bank officials said that the resignation of Suzanne Rich Folsom, Paul D. Wolfowitzâs top deputy in his anticorruption campaign, was stirring new bitterness.