EconWatch.com > Journamalism from Sebastian Mallaby on Paul Wolfowitz

[Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations can't quite screw his courage up to the sticking place enough to call for World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz's to resign or be fired: Sebastian Mallaby - The World Bank, Stuck In the Mud - washingtonpost.com: The scandal centers on the pay of people around Paul Wolfowitz, the World Bank president. Kevin Kellems, an unremarkable press-officer-cum-aide who had previously worked for Wolfowitz at the Pentagon, pulls down $240,000 tax-free -- the low end of the salary scale for World Bank vice presidents, who typically have PhDs and 25 years of development experience.

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[Irn.org] International Rivers Network: International Finance: According to US Treasury officials and Reuters News, the Bush administration has put forward Paul Wolfowitz as its candidate for World Bank President.

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