17 November 2006
Vice President Gobind Nankani considered Wolfowitz's "latest casualty"
Gobind Nankani has reportedly resigned this week from his position as head of the Bank’s Africa Department. After 30 years at the Bank, Nankani has expressed his desire to move on and work in a developing country.
However some claim that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz considered Nankani “ineffective,” and a Reuters article today describes the Bank VP as the “latest casualty in President Paul Wolfowitz's management shake-up.” Wolfowitz has prioritized the Bank's work in Africa since taking office in 2005.
Nankani, a Ghanaian, is scheduled to leave the Bank on November 30 amid widespread conjecture about who will replace him.
He is the second vice president to resign in the last few months, after the departure of Middle East Vice President Christiaan Poortman, also a 30-year veteran, over reported “differences with Wolfowitz and his advisors over issues including a plan to increase the number of international staff in Iraq.”
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