May 30th, 2007 · In nominating Robert Zoellick to be the next president of the World Bank, President Bush chose a former U.S. trade representative and deputy secretary of State who is often described as smart and capable, even brilliant. But Zoellick, who replaces Paul Wolfowitz, is also known for being tough and demanding, even arrogant.
May 20th, 2007 · With the resignation of Paul Wolfowitz, the World Bank is once again under scrutiny. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, offers his views on the bank's future. Is it still relevant in the fight against global poverty?
May 18th, 2007 · The resignation of Paul Wolfowitz from the World Bank has prompted the question of who is on the short list to replace him as the organization's president. Michele Norris talks with Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Mallaby is the author of The World's Banker.
May 13th, 2007 · What is corruption? What is abuse of power? There is much controversy over whether World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is guilty of unethical behavior for helping his girlfriend get a pay raise and a job at the State Department. Host Liane Hansen talks to Paul Light, a professor at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service, about corruption and power abuse.
May 11th, 2007 · The World Bank's executive board has agreed to give the bank's president, Paul Wolfowitz, more time to respond to charges that he violated bank rules in arranging a pay raise for his girlfriend, a bank employee. Wolfowitz is under heavy pressure to resign, but the bank board now says it won't take any action until next week. Wolfowtiz met with the committee to refute their report criticizing his handling of the matter.
May 8th, 2007 · The World Bank Executive Board may decide as early as this week whether to ask Paul Wolfowitz to resign as Bank president. Meanwhile, the controversy prompted initially by Wolfowitz's arrangement of a pay raise for his girlfriend has led to questions over whether the United States should retain the privilege of naming the Bank president.
May 8th, 2007 · Paul Wolfowitz is still president of the World Bank, despite calls for his resignation, but a special World Bank panel has found he violated ethics rules. Wolfowitz got in trouble after arranging a pay package for his girlfriend.
May 6th, 2007 · An unlikely supporter of beleaguered World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz emerged last week. Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, says the architect of the Iraq war is the right person for the World Bank, and should remain on the job.