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 WASHINGTON (AP) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Wednesday that attention should be "focused on the very, very important work of the bank" and not on the investigation that has put his job in jeopardy.
His comments to a European Union-hosted meeting in Brussels, Belgium, came after the bank's board expressed fresh concern that the controversy over Wolfowitz's handling of pay for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, was hurting the poverty-fighting institution's ability to do its job.
The flap has led to calls for Wolfowitz's resignation and has hurt morale among the bank's 10,000 employees worldwide. Critics contend the bank's reputation has been damaged and its efforts to raise billions of dollars to help poor countries may be hobbled.
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