Contributions from
the Column
Facts and trends


IMF/World Bank postpone debt relief

Prospects for tsunami regions

Controversy over UN reform

ODA: security measures expanded

Sudan: donors need common policy

No growth for German ODA ratio

Middle East role for Wolfensohn

GTZ director stays in office

UNDP report criticises Arab regimes


05/2005
 

Middle East role for Wolfensohn

After leaving the World Bank, its current president James Wolfensohn will serve as special coordinator for Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza strip. The US administration, the EU, Russia and the UN appointed him to this job.