 This People & Power investigation comes as World Bank officials have called for the resignation of its president, Paul Wolfowitz. He is under fire for allegations of inside favouritism - including approving a salary of £180,000 for his girlfriend Shaha Riza. He has hired Clinton s lawyer to defend him, as he awaits his fate from the board set up to investigate him. Just this week one of his closest advisers, Kevin Kellems, has announced his resignation. Meanwhile, we scrutinise the organisation Wolfowitz heads, and its alleged domination by the US. In 1947, the World Bank gave its first loan - $250 million for France s post-war construction. Since then, it has grown to 185 member governments and provides loans and development assistance to poor countries, with the aim of poverty reduction. While the bank s clients are almost exclusively developing countries, the World Bank is controlled primarily by developed countries. Speaking to aid and democracy experts, as well those receiving the loans, Max Keiser take a takes a colourful look at their reality. The poorer countries certainly rely on these loans, but when it comes to alleviating their poverty, can they really bank on it? Does it really help alleviate poverty? Max Keiser wants to know. In a report for People & Power, he investigates the conditions that come with a World Bank loan. Can it truly be said that the World Bank is increasing poverty?