Path clear for Zoellick to become World Bank chief
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Robert Zoellick, U.S. President George W. Bush's candidate to head the World Bank, was poised to clinch the job as expected as a deadline for nominations passed on Friday without a challenger emerging.
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The World Bank's governing board today rubber-stamped the appointment of Robert Zoellick as its next president, clearing the way for the US nominee to take up his post at the start of next week.
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The head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, proposes joint aid projects in Africa with China.
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The new head of the World Bank is likely to be named later this week, a White House spokesman says.
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Robert B. Zoellick, a senior diplomat and trade envoy, has been tapped to try to heal the bitter rifts left by Paul D. Wolfowitzâs ouster.
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World Bank President James Wolfensohn has formally told the board of shareholder governments he will retire on May 31 and will not seek another term as head of the global lender, European sources said on Tuesday.
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President Bush today named Robert B. Zoellick, a career diplomat and trade negotiator, to head the World Bank, seeking to dispatch the leadership crisis that has gripped the institution under Paul D. Wolfowitz.
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South Africa will push for the revamp of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund when it takes the helm of the G20 bloc next year, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said.
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World Bank President Robert Zoellick  on Sunday called on the bank's 185 member nations to back a new  direction for the poverty-fighting institution and give the  private sector a bigger role in helping poor nations.
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As the Bush administration narrows a list of candidates to replace World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz, experience running a large organization has emerged as a primary requirement for the job, senior administration officials said yesterday.
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World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said yesterday that he is optimistic that a push to raise money for a fund that grants billions of dollars to Africa will be successful because of early feedback from donor countries.
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World Bank presidential nominee Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday he believed a deal could be clinched in the Doha round world trade talks and that such an accord would give a big boost to development and growth.
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People close to Robert B. Zoellick, President Bushâs pick to head the World Bank, say he is likely to bring a demanding approach that could disturb the status quo.
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert  Zoellick is expected to be named deputy to incoming Secretary  of State Condoleezza Rice later this month, U.S. officials  familiar with the decision said on Thursday.
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The Bush administration appeared on Thursday to have averted a fight with other World Bank member nations over its choice of Robert Zoellick to head the poverty-fighting agency, with his approval already widely considered a foregone conclusion.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said  he wants Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister and  member of the opposition Socialist party, to be the next head  of the International Monetary Fund.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Robert Zoellick, slated to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, must move swiftly to restore confidence in the poverty-fighting institution, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.