U.S. loses status as World Bank top donor to Britain
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The United States lost its status as the largest donor to the World Bank's main fund for poor countries, the lender said on Friday, as Britain pledged more in the latest funding round that secured a record amount of aid.
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U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. trade representative, as the new president of the World Bank to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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GENEVA, Sept. 8 -- The United States was ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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The United States and the US dominated world institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank (WB) are the most vociferous promotors of free trade.
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The United States rejected British  proposals for a multi-billion-dollar aid plan for Africa as  finance ministers of the G7 powers converged in London Friday  to discuss the economy and Third World poverty.
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A UN official who branded the United States &quot;stingy&quot; with aid backed down yesterday as the Bush administration more than doubled its contribution to nations devastated by Sunday&#39;s tsunamis.
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Britain on Wednesday backed a US call to the United Nations to freeze the assets of a London-based Saudi dissident who Washington says has provided support for al Qaeda.
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Just when it appeared things had quieted down a bit at the World Bank, a mini-uproar developed this week over word that Robin Cleveland , top aide to outgoing bank chief Paul Wolfowitz , might be thinking of staying put.
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Britain is to withhold a 50 million-pound (74 million-euro, 94 million-dollar) contribution to the World Bank in protest at conditions attached to aid for developing countries.
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The United States is crippled in  world trade talks and other trade negotiations because the  White House has lost key legislative authority, a top U.S.  trade official said on Wednesday.
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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has withdrawn his name from consideration for World Bank president, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday.
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BERLIN -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a United Nations survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
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Global economic growth has reached a turning point with a slowdown now clearly under way, led by the United States, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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The British government was yesterday accused of breaking its G8 pledge to help defeat Aids when it revealed it would only marginally increase its contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
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The World Bank confirms that former US diplomat Robert Zoellick will become its new president.
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Robert Zoellick, the United States trade representative, has jumped to the top of the list of candidates for president of the World Bank.
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OXFORD, England Rich countries are ardent advocates for democracy all around the world. But when it comes to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, government of the many by the few is the preferred option.