inevitably this failure to own up to the consequences of previous policy recommendations will impair the credibility of ig as well as dilute the differences between ig the pwc and the original wc in these cases the poor need not be listened to although the world bank does not currently claim the laurels in every case of success it is merely happy to welcome the relevant leaders in the cgd the bank continues to devolve responsibility for failure to the poor and transition countries apparently if some have succeeded those who haven t only have themselves to blame see for example besley and cord p unless the world bank accepts its share of responsibility for the economic underperformance of the poor middleincome and transition countries its claims to have finally nailed down the correct economic policies will ring hollow see cling and others p