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A busy month at worldbankpresident.org.
In the interests of transparency - and because we feel like doing some self-promotion - here are the stats for this blog. In the month since we restarted it - after putting it on ice for two years - there have been 32 million hits and around 90,000 unique visitors. A huge number of journalists are using the site as a source (a priority original aim), and roles have become interestingly reversed. Normally I have to work hard to persuade media outlets to publish my NGO's material. In recent days, however, TV channels, major newspapers and others have been lobbying us to ensure worldbankpresident.org covers their output - and fast.
more... Alex Wilks ~ May 12, 2007 ~ Link
More on team Wolfowitz behaviour.
I received this from a well-placed named individual. More depressing stories on the actions of Paul Wolfowitz and his team of close supporters in the Bank. Especially two stories about foreign travel while on Bank duty. Make up your own minds on whether they ring true.
more... Alex Wilks ~ May 12, 2007 ~ Link
One for the weekend: Dr Seuss skit on World Bank affair.
A World Bank staff member who can't concentrate on world poverty while their institution is enmeshed leadership dramas has taken the time to pen a new version of a Dr Seuss poem. Titled 'How I Sank the Bank', it adds to the prayer and various songs featured on this site. If it does not help get your kids to sleep this weekend you may want to read it aloud at the start of your next meeting.
more... Alex Wilks ~ May 12, 2007 ~ Link
Crucial info missing in Post defence of Wolfowitz.
David Corn has published a thoughtful piece questioning aspects of a Wolfowitz endorsement published this week in the Washington Post.
more... Alex Wilks ~ May 12, 2007 ~ Link
Respectful Debate thread
Ok, so there is some demand to politely and respectfully discuss the finer points of free market theory. Let's give it a try...
more... Sameer Dossani ~ May 12, 2007 ~ Link ~ Comments (7)
More details on how a vote may look like.
Citing board sources, a new Reuters report says "World Bank board majority want Wolfowitz to resign".
more... A Washington source ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link
Brookings Institution sign-on calls for leadership selection reform.
Influential DC-based policy thinktank, the Brookings Institution, has called for the Americans and the Europeans to give up their stranglehold on the selection process for the heads of the World Bank and the IMF. Read the letter and send your support!
more... Jeff Powell ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link
More questions about Riza's secondment.
Strange things about Riza's time at SAIC, State and the Foundation for the Future.
more... Jeff Powell ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link ~ Comments (15)
Wolfowitz Slovenia trip has corruption focus
The Wolfowitz Resign bloggers have a nice piece pointing out the irony of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz traveling to Slovenia next week to present an award for an essay competition on corruption. They comment: "we assume this means he is leaving his fine sense of irony at home". Alex Wilks ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link
Hilary Benn's fighting words. Will the UK live up to them?
In response to written questions from British Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone, UK secretary of state for international development Hilary Benn has said that "picking the heads of the World Bank and the IMF based on nationality should end".
more... Jeff Powell ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link
Look for a Wolfowitz resignation in the next few days.
I have no particular information to confirm this, but my years of experience in Washington tell me an outline of a deal has been reached. Wolfowitz has lost , the Bush administration has now finally realized he can no longer be saved. A Washington source ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link ~ Comments (30)
Samy Watson is getting tired of being a silent defender of Paul Wolfowitz
The Canadian Executive Director is being deluged with emails from irate Canadian staff at the Bank. Why: The US press continues to report that Canada is siding with the George Bush and Dick Cheney to keep Paul Wolfowitz, his girlfriend and his cronies at the top of the Bank. Not a peep from Ottawa, although Finance Minister Flaherty has backed off his pre-Spring Meetings statement that "Paul Wolfowitz told me what he did for his girlfriend, and that's OK with me." Dangerous words when hurled at you at a campaign meeting during a lovely Canadian fall election, along with "why did you support a man who gave his girlfriend a $60,000 raise?"
more... Deep Insider ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link
Free flow of the Conservative Kool-Aid
It is sad to realize that the actions of Wolfowitz are still considered proper."I do not believe that Wolfowitz did anything wrong at the World Bank" said Dan Goure, a defense analyst, on NPR "All Things Considered"
more... The Beaver ~ May 11, 2007 ~ Link
Meltzer Commission Back In Style
The nice thing about the current scandal is that its putting a spotlight on the World Bank. Journalists who do not want to defend the indefensible or state the obvious are opting to give us some substance. Washington Post syndicated columnist and right leaning George Will brings up all the Meltzer Commission talking points in his latest column which argues for the elimination of the Bank.
more... Sameer Dossani ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link ~ Comments (20)
Riza's spinmeisters?UPDATED
Looks like some Washington Post journalists are being given carte blanche to empathize with Riza. Reading the following piece on Page C01 of today's Washington Post, I couldn't help myself sorting out the errors: The Beaver ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link
Avaaz gives voice to the outrage
that Paul Wolfowitz is still President of the World Bank. Their colorful and well-organized demonstration in front of World Bank HQ on Wednesday attracted a small group of staffers. Their video shows that
more... Deep Insider ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link
The board establishes the record of a fair process.
The board of executive directors issued the following statement to explain why it is taking too long to resolve the crisis "expeditiously" !.
more... A Washington source ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link
Generalissimo Franco Holds On
The deathwatch continues. The Board has given Paul Wolfowitz yet another two days to respond to what everyone already knows. He broke the rules, his associates helped him, and he tried to cover up his actions. Deep Insider ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link
More Iraq parallels: will Wolfowitz ever learn?
Some further insights into attempts by team Wolfowitz to control public messages at the time of the Iraq war. And into the role of contractor SAIC, where Shaha Riza did her Iraq stint. One thing the Defense Department failed to consider properly when planning its "New Iraq strategic information campaign" was that bloggers, independent journalists and others would frustrate the attempts to monopolize information flows. This is all exposed in documents just obtained by the National Security Archive.
more... Alex Wilks ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link
Former Indian official spells it out.
A good piece on the BBC World Service just now features comments from their economics correspondent and from a former senior Indian official. Andrew Walker, the correspondent, seems unsure how this will play out on the Bank's board but took time to remind listeners that the process is deeply political.
more... Alex Wilks ~ May 10, 2007 ~ Link « Previous Page Next Page » |
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