http://dir.salon.com/topics/world_bank/?source=rss&aim=world_bank en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/08/biofuel_bombshell_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/08/biofuel_bombshell_2/index.html?source=rss But did Bank president Robert Zoellick just say that the Bush administration's figures on food prices were not to be believed? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/04/biofuel_food_price_bombshell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/04/biofuel_food_price_bombshell/index.html?source=rss The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/22/paul_wolfowitz_s_next_disaster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/22/paul_wolfowitz_s_next_disaster/index.html?source=rss What's a guy do after orchestrating a failed war and bringing the World Bank to a screeching halt? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/04/zoellick_and_food_prices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/04/zoellick_and_food_prices/index.html?source=rss Cutting farm subsidies in the West will raise food prices even further. But that's not a problem -- it's the goal! By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/03/zoellick_world_bank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/03/zoellick_world_bank/index.html?source=rss Robert Zoellick debuts a new World Bank campaign slogan By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/07/world_bank_mashup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/07/world_bank_mashup/index.html?source=rss A visit to the World Bank's Google Maps mashup is an exercise in obscure development project serendipity By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/11/vikram_pandit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/11/vikram_pandit/index.html?source=rss Subprime strikes again: Citigroup has a new CEO, Vikram Pandit, and the World Bank considers making a loan in rupees, not dollars By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/16/new_chinese_poverty_numbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/16/new_chinese_poverty_numbers/index.html?source=rss The World Bank waves its magic wand, and presto -- 200 million poverty-stricken Chinese appear out of nowhere By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/12/bhutan_endless_knot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/12/bhutan_endless_knot/index.html?source=rss The endless knot tells us everything is mutually interdependent. Including, but not limited to, free software, Bhutan and the World Bank. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/04/ngozi_okonjo_iweala/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/04/ngozi_okonjo_iweala/index.html?source=rss Robert Zoellick's choice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a top deputy may win him some favor with long-suffering bank staff. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/19/world_bank_and_youtube/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/19/world_bank_and_youtube/index.html?source=rss Somehow, the collected videos don't include Ron Paul, Joseph Stiglitz, "The Office" or famine in Niger. No worries -- let your fingers do the walking By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/30/zoellick_world_bank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/30/zoellick_world_bank/index.html?source=rss Robert Zoellick wants the bank to be more like Wall Street. The new president may have picked the wrong month to launch his signature campaign. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/18/buzzmonitor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/18/buzzmonitor/index.html?source=rss With its brand-new, freely downloadable BuzzMonitor "super-aggregator," the bruised bank hitches a ride on the Web 2.0 bandwagon. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/29/zoellick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/29/zoellick/index.html?source=rss Is Robert Zoellick, Bush's nominee to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a kinder, gentler neocon? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/25/clinton_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/25/clinton_immigration/index.html?source=rss The former president needs a bigger challenge than delivering yet another commencement speech. Isn't the World Bank a little understaffed these days? By Alex Koppelman Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/24/frist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/24/frist/index.html?source=rss Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is reportedly among the White House's top candidates to take over at the World Bank. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/24/wolfowitz_aftermath/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/24/wolfowitz_aftermath/index.html?source=rss A lead architect of the Iraq war, he believed shock and awe would transform the Middle East. But his policies failed -- along with his tenure at the World Bank. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/17/wolfowitz_resigns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/17/wolfowitz_resigns/index.html?source=rss The World Bank's long, international nightmare is over. No wonder its staff is grateful to the departing president. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/17/shaha_riza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/17/shaha_riza/index.html?source=rss The Financial Times reports: Long before Wolfowitz headed over to the World Bank, he was wangling assignments for his girlfriend intimately connected to postwar Iraq policy. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/17/loyalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/17/loyalty/index.html?source=rss Under Bush, loyalty has reigned supreme. But as his presidency unravels, his obligation to his faithful servants -- from Gonzales to Wolfowitz -- has become perilously relative. By Tim Grieve Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/16/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/16/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss ABC says the Iraq war architect could be out at the World Bank by the end of the day. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/14/g7_wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/14/g7_wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss In a last ditch attempt to save the World Bank president, the Bush administration is speed-dialing the economics powers that be -- a hidebound old club called the G7 By Juan Cole Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/14/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/14/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss The cronyism that may cost him his World Bank job is also what caused the Iraq debacle. By Tim Grieve Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss Europeans have a deal for Bush. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/07/kellems/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/07/kellems/index.html?source=rss A top Wolfowitz aide falls on his World Bank sword. Next?