June 1st 2007 | Jeff Powell | More on The Process | Comments Off
In a letter to the FT, Dr. Ngaire Woods, director of Oxford University’s Global Economic Governance programme, calls on Gordon Brown to “step up to the plate”. more…
May 31st 2007 | The Beaver | More on The Process, Zoellick | 3 Comments
One person who has doubts on the suitability of Zoellick is Nobel Prize winner and former Chief Economist of the WBG, Joseph Stiglitz. As told to La Republica and reported in The Times, Stiglitz asked the following: “Robert Zoellick defended American agricultural protectionism until the bitter end when he was responsible for commercial talks. How will he, as the future president of the World Bank, ask for the dismantling of aid to agriculture that favours developed countries at the expense of those that are poor?” more…
May 31st 2007 | Jeff Powell | More on The Process | Comments Off
Yesterday Swedish finance minister Anders Borg answered a question from two MPs on the Swedish position on the selection process. more…
May 31st 2007 | Jeff Powell | More on The Process, Zoellick | Comments Off
Bloomberg reports Australian treasurer Peter Costello: “Zoellick is an excellent candidate for the World Bank presidency and will be supported by Australia.” Australia joined Brazil and South Africa last week in calling for “transparent” selection process based on merit and open to citizens of all nations. “Following the completion of current processes, it is Australia’s view that the World Bank should examine the selection process for the president,” Costello said. more…
May 31st 2007 | Jeff Powell | More on The Process, Zoellick | Comments Off
Commenting on the appointment of Robert Zoellick to be president of the World Bank, Liberal Democrat shadow international development secretary, Lynne Featherstone MP said: “No offence to Mr Zoellick, but this is another American and another Bush appointee. The World Bank has fallen into disrepute through political appointments. It is not credible for the World Bank to preach good governance to developing nations when its own governance is based on such an outdated and patriarchal world view. The president of the World Bank should be chosen according to a transparent process on the basis of merit and qualification. It is a shame that the British government has done nothing to push for an open and meritocratic selection process for the World Bank presidency.”
May 30th 2007 | The Beaver | More on The Process, Zoellick | 1 Comment
Courtesy of Daily Kos, a political cartoon showing the respect one gets when you get a top job on the basis of political appointment. more…
May 30th 2007 | The Beaver | More on The Process | 4 Comments
Thus is the comment pronounced by a Moroccan entrepreneur to show his disappointment at the new World Bank chief. Reuters is reporting that the Africans are criticising the current process of appointing the president of the World Bank and are angered by “the arrogance of the US.” more…
May 30th 2007 | Alex Wilks | More on The Process | 4 Comments
We established this site to open up the process for selecting a new person to run the world’s most powerful development institution. We covered the post-Wolfensohn selection process from beginning to end, and we’ve refreshed this site’s look and functionality to enhance our ability to track, comment on and - hopefully - influence who comes after Wolfowitz and what they say and do. more…
May 29th 2007 | The Beaver | More on The Process | Comments Off
Bush will make the announcement tomorrow according to an Associated Press release, published by ABC news.“President Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a one-time U.S. trade representative and former No. 2 official at the State Department, to lead the World Bank, a senior administration official said Tuesday.” more…
May 29th 2007 | Jeff Powell | More on The Process | Comments Off
Returning home from the recent African Development Bank meeting in Shanghai, economist Jeffrey Sachs comments on all that “is wrong with the World Bank, even aside from Wolfowitz’s failed leadership”. Unlike the Chinese, says Sachs, “the Bank has too often forgotten the most basic lessons of development, preferring to lecture the poor and force them to privatize basic infrastructure, rather than to help the poor to invest in infrastructure and other crucial sectors”.
