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WASHINGTON, JAN 31: World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz has said he had altered his controversial drive to root out corruption in the bank’s lending after a chorus of criticism from both rich and poor nations. Wolfowitz, chastened by demands from leading donors to go back to the drawing board, said he had consulted widely with governments and civil-society groups to ensure the poor do not suffer from his campaign.
“I guess in some ways it was almost surprising how strong the consensus was,” he told reporters yesterday on a conference call after presenting the results of the extensive consultation to the World Bank board. At the bank’s annual meeting in Singapore in September, Wolfowitz was admonished by several European countries and by developing nations for putting the anti-corruption initiative ahead of the needs of the poor.
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