From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1713361.ece

"Pressure has increased on Paul Wolfowitz to resign as President of
the World Bank as 32 anti-corruption officials at the bank handed in a
letter saying that he was a liability.

Scandal has pursued Mr Wolfowitz since it emerged that the hard-line
rightwinger, who pledged to root out corruption and waste when he joined
the bank in 2005, had approved a promotion and pay increase for his
girlfriend, a bank employee.

Last night, officials working in his anti-corruption drive handed in a
letter to the bank's board, saying that it was no longer possible for them
to operate effectively with the former US Deputy Defence Secretary in
charge.

Bank officials around the world were being told that the bank should put
its own house in order before it started preaching at other people to clamp
down on bribery and political chicanery, they said.

� �As is known, there are reports from the field offices of concrete cases
where the bank� �s policy dialogue and operational work on governance and
anti-corruption are being undermined,� � the group wrote in the letter,
obtained by the Reuters news agency.

� �The credibility of our front-line staff is eroding in the face of
legitimate questions from our clients about the bank� �s ability to
'practice what it preaches� � on governance.� �

The letter, which was handed in last night to the executive board of the
World Bank, and to Mr Wolfowitz, suggests that the fears already voiced by
the bank's staff association - that the scandal would discredit the bank -
appear to be coming true. "

Adam

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