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09/25/2005:

"Wolfowitz sets new course for World Bank"

"If we can help liberate the energies of the African people and unleash the potential of the private sector to create jobs, Africa will not only become a continent of hope but a continent of accomplishment," Wolfowitz will say.

Wolfowitz also called for more political accountability.

"Effective leaders also recognize that they are accountable to their people," he said. "Effective leaders listen. Institutions of accountability like civil society and a free press help leaders listen, hold them accountable for results and are key to controlling corruption."

He called for more action to combat corruption.

"Corruption drains resources and discourages investments," Wolfowitz said. "It benefits the privileged and deprives the poor."
news.yahoo.com

This is the astonishing arrogance of imperialist discourse. Liberating the energies of the African people...he's talking really about privatization, about liberating African people of their resources under the empty rhetoric of democracy. They want to invest the African people right out of existence.