The independent agency charged with assessing the effectiveness of the World Bank has issued a searing indictment of Paul Wolfowitz's leadership， warning that his actions are undermining the bank's ability to pursue development work.

　　In a formal statement， which the bank's board will consider this week， the Independent Evaluation Group said “development effectiveness is being jeopardised by serious governance problems that have recently come to light”.

　　Pressure on Mr Wolfowitz to resign intensified today when 42 of the bank's most senior former executives called on Mr Wolfowitz to step down in an open letter.

　　負(fù)責(zé)評估世界銀行有效性的獨(dú)立評估小組對保羅·沃爾福威茨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力提出嚴(yán)厲指責(zé)。該小組警告稱，他的行為正在破壞世行促進(jìn)發(fā)展的能力。

　　該小組在一份正式聲明中稱：“發(fā)展工作的有效性正受到最近曝光的嚴(yán)重管理問題的危害。”世行董事會本周將對該聲明進(jìn)行審議。

　　世行42位最資深的前任高管在一封公開信中呼吁沃爾福威茨下臺。