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Contributions from the Column Facts and trends
Water: Multi-stakeholder dialogue does not take off
World Bank: Wolfowitz to succeed Wolfensohn
Donors delay aid for Sudan
Afghanistan: Still torn apart
EU parliament opposed to sugar reform
Indicators for more effective aid
Honour killings an underestimated crime
Supachai Panitchpakdi to head UNCTAD?
IDA 14: More money for the poorest countries
Somalia: Government is looking for a residence
Haiti: Hopelessness
 04/2005
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Wolfowitz to succeed Wolfensohn
US President George W. Bush has nominated Paul Wolfowitz as successor of James Wolfensohn, the current president of the World Bank. Wolfowitz is currently serving the US administration as Deputy Secretary of Defence. He is said to have masterminded the Iraq war and is considered a staunch unilateralist. During the administration of Ronald Reagan, he served as US ambassador in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.
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