>No doubt about it Patrick -- but one thing the World Bank is doing
>now is to see that any construction or reconstruction that gets done
>is wheelchair accessible. They hired a disabled activist, Judy
>Heumann to guide them. Now I am as suspicious as you might be that
>this is window dressing for the most part.
I suspect Wolfensohn would want us to believe he's doing the best he can under the constraints of Wall Street & the IMF. Stiglitz told me once that he thinks (and it's not surprising he would think this, so I'm not sure how to take it) that most of the Bank, including Wolfy, is behind Stiglitz' critiques. I think that's to let the WB off too easily - a good cop is still a cop - but it's also true that the Bank isn't the lead dog of neoliberalization, and many people who work there believe they're doing some good (and the six-figure salaries and biz class travel are pretty nice too).
Doug