Robert B. Zoellick New World Bank President

US President George W. Bush has nominated Robert Zoellick as the next World Bank President, after Paul Wolfowitz, fell over a case of alleged nepotism. Will the new WB president introduce significant changes from his predecessor's policy? Difficult to say, as the new man is a neo-con like Wolfowitz but on the other side he is more internationally oriented than the small circle of hardliners around Bush. I personally don't expect much to happen. More...