These gaping differences and sharp reversals teach us much about what contributes to development.

"To reduce poverty, we must liberate access to information and improve the quality of information," World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn says in a foreword to the publication.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Jim Wolfensohn who has been extremely helpful to me.

The Board expressed its deep appreciation for his outstanding leadership of the World Bank Group and for his passion for poverty reduction, the Bank’s core mandate.

Mr Siegman; and James Wolfensohn, a former head of the World Bank who was more recently entrusted by the younger President Bush with reviving the Palestinian economy.