And I also want to take a minute to thank Bob Zoellick once again for all his hard work.

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Bob Zoellick, the head of the World Bank, argues that the best way to protect the poor without harming farmers is through conditional cash transfers.

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Last year, World Bank chief Bob Zoellick called for a return to the gold standard, while Chinese officials have been calling on the US to fix its finances so as to correct global imbalances.

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