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Key to the contracts investigation in Congo-Kinshasa will be the role of the World Bank and the legacy of the anti-corruption policies pushed by its outgoing President, Paul Wolfowitz. With backing from Britain and the United States, the Bank has released over US$1.2 billion and promised $2.4 bn. more to support the transition under President Joseph Kabila. It was criticised for tacitly endorsing some of the contracts now under scrutiny....

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Paul Wolfowitz, Britain, United States, Joseph Kabila, Suzanne Rich, Folsom, Craig Andrews, Pedro Alba, Gécamines, Générale des Carrières et des Mines