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On July 1, 2007, Robert Zoellick is scheduled to become the World Bank’s new president. While his first order of business will be to restore the Bank’s tattered credibility, he will also need to map out a long-term strategy for the organization.

What should be Mr. Zoellick’s priorities in adapting the World Bank to the realities of the twenty-first century? How might the Bank’s lending program to its poorer member countries be made more effective? How should the Bank deal with corruption? Should the Bank continue to lend to middle income countries? These questions will be addressed in a keynote speech by U.S. Congressman Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and discussed by a panel including Colin Bradford of the Brookings Institution, Dennis de Tray of the Center for Global Development, William Easterly of New York University, and AEI’s Adam Lerrick. Desmond Lachman of AEI will moderate.