Stiglitz calls new World Bank boss "protectionist"
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The World Bank's former chief economist attacked its proposed new chief Robert Zoellick as a man of protectionism and said his nomination was a "wasted opportunity" for the bank.
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Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate economist tapped to head a new French study, said Tuesday he sees gross domestic product (GDP), the most often cited yardstick, as an imperfect indicator.
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The International Monetary Fund appears poised to name Dominique Strauss-Kahn managing director Friday, handing the Frenchman the helm of a struggling multilateral institution.
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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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Comment is free: Robert Goodland: My former employers, the World Bank, are damaging the planet and punishing the poor.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named a former fund manager and federal trade official under President Clinton as its new president.
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The World Bank confirms that former US diplomat Robert Zoellick will become its new president.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 15 -- The leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, meeting here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government on Friday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of anti-poverty and environmental organizations. They accused...
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Robert Zoellick, the U.S. choice to head the World Bank, warned Saturday that Venezuela's economic and political troubles were growing
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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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The World Bank on Monday unanimously approved Robert Zoellick as its president after a controversial two-year term by Paul Wolfowitz, who agreed to resign over a promotion scandal involving his companion.
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The World Bank, reeling from scandal and questions about its role, needs to get its act together, says former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Paul Volcker.
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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 World Bank on Tuesday named Pamela Cox as its new top official to oversee its lending operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Federal Reserve chairman outlines plan to stop the world's largest economy from sliding into recession
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday trade protectionism was on the rise despite strong global prosperity and warned it was a potentially dangerous trend.
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President Bush today plans to name 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, senior administration officials said last night.