James Wolfensohn
TanzaniapoliticianMaleb. 19336.0Global Dominance: 0.00%James Wolfensohn, who served as the president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005, found himself at the center of a powerful protest during the 1995 Beijing Conference on Women, where attendees confronted him regarding the World Bank's policies and their detrimental effects on women's lives.
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Mr Mkapa held discussions with then World Bank President James Wolfensohn regarding economic support for Tanzania.
Mkapa’s decade of reforms that changed the economyThe Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004·Tanzania· 2026-07-24
Tanzania· 2026-07-24
James Wolfensohn was the president of the World Bank during the Beijing conference.
‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government | Global developmentThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-03-03
United Kingdom· 2025-03-03
