The end of the Wolfensohn era

Ever since George W Bush was first elected president in 2000, one of Washington's favourite guessing games has been who will be the next president of the World Bank. For the past five years, the correct answer has been ?James Wolfensohn?, the man now in his tenth year at the helm who would dearly have loved to see a fifteenth there as well.

Wolfensohn: suffered a rare
disappointment when it became
clear the Bush administration
would not nominate him for a
third term as president of the
World Bank




Ever since George W Bush was first elected president in 2000, one of Washington’s favourite guessing games has been who will be the next president of the World Bank. For the past five years, the correct answer has been ?James Wolfensohn?, the man now in his tenth year at the helm who would dearly have loved to see a fifteenth there as well.

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