We were all surprised when US president George Bush nominated Paul Wolfowitz for head of the World Bank. The former deputy secretary of defence was one of the driving forces behind the Iraq war, and has always been a strong supporter of George W. This is why the world community was amazed when Wolfowitz took office on june 1st, and even more surprised by the speeches he made during his trip to Africa, where he showed that, not only was he ready for the job, but looked forward to helping the developing nations of the world with aid, etc… The question now is, whether his initial statements have been sincere or a futile way to change public view towards him. A good point is that he has already openly criticised methods that harm developing world agriculture, such as massive subsidies in medc’s (a common tecnique used by George W) We will have to wait for more events to unfold to decide wether Wolfowitz is working at the right place…