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How the [World Bank] Ethics Committee Failed Wolfowitz


Kenneth Anderson


American University- Washington College of Law ; Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; Brookings Institution - Governance Studies

Financial Times, May 7, 2007

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This short comment in the Financial Times (London) defends World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz against charges of having broken Bank rules or engaged in self-dealing in his dealings with his romantic companion Shaha Riza, and argues that any failures lie with the Bank's ethics committee.

Keywords: World Bank, Wolfowitz, Riza, ethics, governance, development, international development

JEL Classification: F33, F35, L30, L31, L32, O19

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Date posted: May 8, 2007  

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Anderson, Kenneth, How the [World Bank] Ethics Committee Failed Wolfowitz. Financial Times, May 7, 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=984813

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Kenneth Anderson (Contact Author)
American University- Washington College of Law ( email )
4801 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20016
United States
Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
United States
Brookings Institution - Governance Studies
1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
United States
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