Official Documents
Transcript of Wolfowitz's speech at the Heritage foundation July 31, 2006 (World Bank website)
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to Visit Mexico and Guatemala April 24, 2006 (World Bank website)
Paul Wolfowitz Statement at the IMF / World Bank Development Committee Press Conference April 24, 2006 (World Bank website)
World Bank President Announces Appointment of Managing Directors April 21, 2006 (World Bank website)
Statement of Paul Wolfowitz, Candidate for President of World Bank (US Treasury website)
Civil society analysis
World Bank Suspends Loans to Chad – “Model” Oil Project on the Rocks Oxfam International Statement on World Bank and Chad Oil Project, January 6, 2006
Wolfowitz Visit to South Asia: A $5 billion carrot and some sticks by Richard Mahapatra Bank Information Center, November 2005 (MS Word 43 KB)
Chad's Oil Revenue Management Experiment in Crisis by the Bank Information Center, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Defense, and Oxfam International (Bank Information Center website)
Opposition swells to appointment of Wolfowitz to head World Bank, Bretton Woods Project, March 16, 2005
CEE Bankwatch Network statement, March 17, 2005
Bank Information Center statement following the announcement of the Wolfowitz nomination, March 16, 2005 (BIC website)
Paul Wolfowitz nominated as World Bank President, EURODAD, March 16, 2005
Massive Response to International Petition Against Wolfowitz as World Bank President- More than 1250 organisations and individuals signed up in protest, EURODAD press release, March 18, 2005 (EURODAD website)
Why Wolfowitz?, Jim Vallette, SEEN, March 17, 2005 (tompaine.com)
Wolfowitz to World Bank!? – Critics Amazed, 50 Years is Enough Network press release, March 16, 2005
IRN Shocked about US Pick for World Bank President, IRN press release, March 16, 2005 Read press releases from other organizations at www.ifiwatchnet.org
The Hardest Job in the World: Five Crucial Tasks for the New President of the World Bank, June 2005 (Center for Global Development website, link to Acrobat pdf)
The Wolfowitz Chronology, Jim Vallette, March 2005 (IPS website)
BIC's First IFI Info Brief Issue: Who Rules the World Bank?, September 2005 (BIC website)
Press
Hungry Like the Wolf, the Economist, December 7, 2006 (Economist website)
Wolfowitz surprises his critics by Joshua Kurlantzick, June 16, 2006 (The New Republic website)
Wolfowitz urges investment in Africa May 29, 2006 (The Mercury News website)
The worst man in the world? by Robert Calderisi, May 15, 2006 (New Statesman website)
Chad says wants to use oil money to buy weapons Reuters, April 19, 2006 (ABC News website)
Benn to urge IMF to punish corrupt regimes by Heather Stewart, April 16, 2006 (Guardian Unlimited website)
World Bank Chief Outlines a War on Fraud by Celia Dugger, April 12, 2006 (NY Times website)
Cleaning Up The World Bank by Edward T. Pound and Danielle Knight, April 3, 2006 (US News and World Report website)
Update 1: FBI to Gitmo: Hostile Interrogations Risky by Mark Sherman, Associated Press, February 23, 2006 (Forbes website)
Muttering at the World Bank by Paul Blustein, February 8, 2006 (Washington Post website)
Wolfowitz ruffles feathers as president of World Bank Reuters, January 30, 2006 (International Herald Tribune website)
Kenya gets $25 million loan from World Bank despite corruption row by Jeevan Vasagar in Nairobi and Michela Wrong, January 26, 2006 (The Guardian website)
The Wolfowitz-ing of the World Bank January 23, 2006 Donklephant website
Why a World Bank oil project has run into the sand by David White, January 22, 2006 (Financial Times website)
Chadians React to World Bank Loan Suspension by Joe Bavier, Voice of America, January 8, 2006 (www.voanews.com)
World Bank Suspends Loans to Chad Over Use of Oil Mone by Celia W. Dugger, the New York Times, January 7, 2006 (NY Times website)
World Bank Cuts Off Aid To Chad in Oil Dispute; Nation Won't Yield On Pipeline Revenue by Paul Blustein, Washington Post, January 7, 2006 (Washington Post website)
Wolfowitz Suspends World Bank Loans to Chad , by Reuters, January 6, 2006 (Reuters website)
World Bank Suspending $124M in Chad Loans by Harry Dunphy, Associated Press, January 6, 2006 (www.washingtonpost.com)
Chad May Alter Its Pledge on Oil Funds by Paul Blustein, Washington Post, December 30, 2006 (www.sfgate.com)
Wolfowitz has moved on from Iraq by Helen Thomas, December 19, 2005 (San Francisco Chronicle website)
Wolfowitz acknowledges questions on Iraq invasion by Lesley Wroughton, December 7, 2005 (Reuters website)
Wolfowitz, Former U.S. Official, Says Iraq War Was Justified December 7, 2005 (Bloomberg News website)
As trade talks near, Wolfowitz pushes for progress, by Lesley Wroughton, Reuters, Dec 2, 2005 (www.reuters.com)
Looking forward to WTO talks , by Edgar R. Batte, Daily Monitor (www.monitor.co.ug)
World Bank Chief Calls for Increased Action Against HIV/AIDS , by Lisa Ferdinando, Voice of America, December 1, 2005 (voa.com website)
When did the World Bank become the home for wayward architects of war? by Ariana Huffington November 29, 2005 (Huffington Post website)
Making Money Off Iraq By Lyric Wallwork Winik November 27, 2005 (Parade Magazine website)
Wolfowitz: China still needs World BankChina Economic Net, October 10, 2005 (China Economic Net website)
World Bank chief Wolfowitz defends loans for China Reuters, October 18, 2005 (www.alertnet.org)
Wolfowitz Committee Instructed White House To Use Iraq/Uranium Ref In Pres Speech By Jason Leopold, Information Clearing House, May 13, 2003 (Information Clearinghouse website)
Questions Remain About the Arguments for War by Terry M. Neal, washington Post, November 3, 2005 (washingtonpost.com)
Tenet Tells Senators, Wolfowitz Committee Gave White House Dubious Intelligence By Jason Leopold, Information Clearing House, May 13, 2005 (Information Clearing House website)
Wolfowitz, in New Role, Blocked by Iraq Chaos He Didn't Foresee by William McQuillen, Bloomberg News, November 2, 2005 (Bloomberg website)
Indictments put focus on neoconservatives by Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, October 29, 2005 (Boston Globe website)
Vice President's Aide Draws Spotlight by Carla Anne Robbins, the Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2005 (Wall Street Journal website)
Wolfowitz hits poverty, takes Iraq flak By Mayumi Negishi, The Japan Times, October 12, 2005 (Japan Times website)
Everyone must do more for Doha to succeed by Paul Wolfowitz, October 23 2005, the Financial Times (FT website)
Protests in Helsinki as Wolfowitz visits October 23, 2005, NewsRoom Finland website
Wolfowitz Sends His Gal to State Dept. — To Work With Cheney's Daughter by Ward Harkavy, The Village Voice (Village Voice website)
Plus ça strange! by Mohamed Hakki, Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Al-Ahram website)
A Wolfie in Sheep's Clothing Maureen Dowd, New York Times, October 1, 2005 (NY Times website)
Loan Wolf Financial Times, September 24, 2005 (Financial Times website).
A Kinder, Gentler Wolfowitz at World Bank? Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2005. (Wall Street Journal website)
Shareholders' dismay at lack of consultation, by Beattie and Alden, Financial Times, March 16, 2005 (FT website)
Wolfowitz Nomination a Shock for Europe, by Alden, Swann, and Dinmore, Financial Times, March 16, 2005 (FT website)
Short Slams Bush Choice for World Bank Chief, by Nick Allen, PA Chief Reporter, March 16, 2005 (news.scotsman.com)
A hawk to ruffle the World Bank's feathers, the Economist, March 16, 2005 (Economist.com)
Esperanto for Neocons, LA Times editorial, March 17, 2005 (LATimes.com)
A Neocon at the World Bank? 3 letters to the editor, New York Times, March 18, 2005 (NYT website)
Wolfowitz Faces Uneasy Transition to World Bank by Lesley Wroughton, Reuters, March 17, 2005 (reuters.com)
Wolfowitz at the World Bank: A New Leaf? by Anonymous, August 25, 2005 (Monthly Review website)
Intelligence Design and the Architecture of War By Dana Milbank December 8, 2005 (New York Times website)
The Wolf's at the Door: That's why they're rattling the cages at the World Bank about Wolfie and Shaha by Ward Harkavy, The Village Voice (Village Voice website)
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolfowitz by Jason Vest, March 18 2005 (Village Voice website)
Wolfowitz's Latest War by Emad Mekay April 18, 2006 (IPS News website)
Useful Web Pages
- www.worldbankpresident.org discussed and debated the World Bank presidential selection process in 2005. Still an entertaining and useful resource.
Wolfowitz statements, speeches and travel schedule: Please find this information on the World Bank website. BIC will no longer post this information on the Wolfowitz Watch webpage.