« Il ne faut pas que la Chine commette en Afrique les erreurs passées de la France et des Etats-Unis »
While in Paris, last week, to meet the main French actors in development, Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, has received the support of industrial MEDEF in its anti-corruption strategy. [Question] Some criticize the environmental harms associated with Chinese mining projects of raw materials, particularly in Gabon. Do you share these fears? [Answer:] My concern is the whole of Africa. The principles of Ecuador [Editor's note: to identify, assess and manage social and environmental risks in the area of project financing] have been set up. Almost 80% of commercial banks in the world respect these principles when they fund projects. China's big banks, they do not apply them.