Crying Wolfowitz

Ever wondered what it feels like to be toast? Try asking Paul Wolfowitz. Recently the president of ...

Ever wondered what it feels like to be toast? Try asking Paul Wolfowitz. Recently the president of the World Bank has come under intense pressure to resign for awarding a pay raise and a promotion to his girlfriend Shaha Riza. That was a stupid thing to do, no doubt. The trouble is that Wolfowitz was also doing a good job at the World Bank. He was pushing through radical change in the way aid is delivered to developing nations. You may not like Wolfowitz yet in the end, development aid is a lot more important than a relatively trivial piece of office politics. There is no escaping the u...