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Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: G-20 Summit, Governance, President Barack Obama, Malaria, Reform, G-20, Accra Speech, World Bank, g20, Senegal, Food Shortage, Robert Zoellick, Senegal President, United Nations General Assembly, Aids, President Abdoulaye Wade, World News
President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

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How Sweet It Is... Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels China's Recovery

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil, Sugar Ethanol, Obama, Opec, Monroe Doctrine, Wal-Mart, Big Oil, Jim Owens, Agribusiness, Wto, Robert Zoellick, Ethanol, Caterpillar, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, China, Hugo Chavez, Petrobras, Imf, Energy, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House.

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World Bank: the Incredible Shrinking Economy

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Third World Countries, Financial Crisis, Robert Zoellick, Global Economy, World Bank, Economy, World News
Jacob Heilbrunn

More and more, the danger of a rerun of the 1930s, in which extremist movements profit from financial depression, looms as a real prospect.

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Solving the Global Food Crisis: The Case for a "Poverty Czar"

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oecd, Global Poverty, Robert Zoellick, Chatham House, John Podesta, Food Crisis, United Nations, World Bank, Richard Holbrooke, George MItchell, Jacques Diouf, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Hillary Clinton, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Gates Foundation, India, Poverty, Biofuels, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Aid, Haiti Poverty, Middle East, Us Aid to Pakistan, Haiti, Food, Hunger in the United States, China, World News
Bruce Friedrich

Addressing global poverty at its roots means recognizing that the most significant factors driving up food costs are the diversion of crops to biofuels and the growing demand for meat.

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G-7, G-14 and G-20: Yet Another Tardy Call

Sunil Chacko | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oversight, Senator Leahy, Bush v. Gore, Robert Zoellick, World Summit on the Financial Crisis, World Bank, Senator Obama, George W. Bush, Senator Lugar, Multilaterals, Senator Biden, G-7, G-14, Financial Crisis, G-20, Politics News
Sunil Chacko

First the years-late call on the global food crisis. Now, Robert Zoellick, current World Bank president, has done it again on the international financial crisis.

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Senator McCain's Fannie Problem

Sunil Chacko | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Robert Zoellick, Senator McCain, Congressional Subpoenas, Ceo, Jim Johnson, Senator Obama, McCain Campaign, Fannie Mae, Accounting Irregularities, Immunity, Advisor, John Huntsman Jr., George W. Bush, World Bank, Barack Obama, Paul Wolfowitz, World Trade Organization, Project for a New American Century, Wto, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Zoellick would have to comply with Congressional subpoenas to explain having headed the lobbying activities for Fannie Mae.

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Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Higher Prices, Finance Ministers, Food Shortages, Food Riots, Robert Zoellick, Commodity Prices, World Bank, Jacques Edouard Alexis, Bio-Fuels, Haiti, Corn-Based Ethanol, Global Food Prices, Ethanol, Global Financial Crisis, Surging Prices, Global Riots, Business News

Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...

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Head Of World Bank Fraud Unit Resigns Amid Turmoil

New York Times | STEVEN R. WEISMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, World Bank Antifraud, Robert Zoellick, World Bank Fraud, World Bank, Business News

Six months after taking over as president of the World Bank, Robert B. Zoellick faced new turmoil on Wednesday over a campaign against corruption in b...

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