New World Bank chief is confirmed
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The World Bank confirms that former US diplomat Robert Zoellick will become its new president.
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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 Vice-President for Europe & Central Asia Shigeo Katsu is arriving in Chisinau on Monday to discuss plans for the bank's cooperation with Moldova and introduce World Bank's new Regional Director for ...
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Peter Hain has been confirmed as the new secretary of state for work and pensions.
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President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. trade representative, to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, a senior American official said on Tuesday.
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Hong Kong's former health chief said she has secured support from &quot;some countries&quot; for the top job at the World Health Organisation (WHO), hours before the nominations process was to end.
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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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Robert Zoellick, US President George W. Bush&#39;s choice to head the World Bank, is a former top diplomat and trade chief with a reputation for building consensus on issues ranging from German unification and Darfur to China&#39;s WTO entry.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday chose the high-profile British head of a key agency as his new chief of staff, the start of a reshuffle aimed at instituting U.N. reforms and combating scandals.
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A new anti-corruption watchdog for Bangladesh has been welcomed by global anti-graft campaigners.
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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.
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The World Bank under Paul Wolfowitz's leadership provided $34.3 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to developing countries in fiscal 2007, $2.7 billion more than in 2006, the lender said on Tuesday.
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Robert Zoellick, picked by U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday to head the World Bank, said his biggest challenge would be to "calm the waters" following the storm over outgoing president Paul Wolfowitz.
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The ECB will unveil David Collier as its new chief executive, the BBC learns.
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The government named Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan as the country's new finance secretary, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed a new chief of staff yesterday in the first of what he described as a series of changes among senior UN personnel.
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Wyeth  said on Thursday it had named Chief Operating Officer Bernard Poussot as chief executive officer, effective January 1, to replace retiring CEO Robert Essner.