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Reinventing the World Bank, Again

With three nominees now in the running to become the World Bank’s next president, we should step back and assess the Bank’s trajectory. Unless the next president has a clear vision of the way ahead, and the gravitas to withstand the institution’s internal pressures, he or she will be swallowed …

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Breakthrough Leadership for the World Bank

The Obama administration’s appointment of Jim Kim as President of the World Bank is a breakthrough for the Bank – and for the cause of global peace and stability. Finally, the US seems to have understood that development experts, not bankers and political insiders, must be in charge. Project Syndicate …

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