Felix Salmon from Reuters has picked up the Kim-watch theme, calling it a “depressing tactical silence”:
Kim has actually given a handful of on-the-record interviews, which make it very clear that giving on-the-record interviews is not a great way for him to get the job. Continue reading
Despite the fractious disagreement and impugning, there is full agreement that the Bank needs a new direction, in a new world. Continue reading
An online poll by the Guardian Newspaper: Who should be the next president of the World Bank?
The World Bank’s vice president for Africa, Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, and Nigeria’s coordinating minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had an interesting exchange on fuel oil prices in late December 2011. Continue reading