Steve Philion forwarded:
Inter Press Service
Finance: Learn from Cuba, says World Bank
by Jim Lobe
Washington, 30 Apr -- World Bank President James Wolfensohn Monday
extolled the Communist government of President Fidel Castro for doing "a
great job" in providing for the social welfare of the Cuban people.
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"I think Cuba has done -- and everybody would acknowledge -- a great job
on education and health," Wolfensohn told reporters at the conclusion of
the annual spring meetings of the Bank and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF). "I have no hesitation in acknowledging that they've done a good
job, and it doesn't embarrass me to do it. ...We just have nothing to do
with them in the present sense, and they should be congratulated on what
they've done."
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Look out for more press reports concerning the disintegration of WB staff
morale under the hopelessly erratic Wolfenshohn.
Michael K.
