Monthly Archives: April 2012

April 30, 2012

The World Bank’s Wrong Choice

The selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank, over Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was overwhelmingly regarded as a vastly superior candidate, is impossible to condone but easy to explain. It also … Continue reading

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April 6, 2012

Obama’s Blunder at the Bank

The selection of a successor to Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank was supposed to initiate a new era of open meritocratic competition, breaking the traditional hold that the United States has had on the job. Indeed, Zoellick’s … Continue reading

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April 6, 2012

Okonjo-Iweala offers Bank both macro and micro vision

From Prof Jagdish Bhagwati. Sir, In your editorial “The right leader for the World Bank” (March 28) you say that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a hugely preferable candidate to succeed Robert Zoellick, but you nonetheless surrender to Barack Obama’s faux pas … Continue reading

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