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March 19, 2005
Anti-Wolfowitz from inside the World Bank
Will there be violence in the developing world if Wofowitz becomes the World Bank's president?
For Nobel Prize Joseph Stiglitz, who was also the chief economist of the World Bank, it is inevitable. "The World Bank will once again become a hate figure. This could bring street protests and violence across the developing world", he said in an interview.
He adds that President Bush's decision can be seen as "an act of provocation or an act so insensitive as to look like provocation".
Read: Stiglitz warns of violence if Wolfowitz goes to World Bank
Posted March 19, 2005 05:06 PM
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