Zoellick confident he can get WB working again
Afp, Berlin
Robert Zoellick, the US nominee to head the World Bank, said Wednesday he was confident he can overcome the "period of turmoil" caused by the scandal surrounding the Bank's former head Paul Wolfowitz. "There is no doubt that the institution has been through a period of turmoil and I think that one of the tasks of a new president will be to try to calm the waters," Zoellick said after talks here with German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. "I think the best way to do that, to start, is by tapping the incredible expertise and knowledge and perspective on some of the issues. "But my hope is that the people who have been drawn to the bank who I have met over the past 20 years have really come because of a very strong commitment to the mission of development. "And again what I have seen in both the public and private sector is that the best way to mobilise people is to have a sense of common mission and purpose," Zoellick said.
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