In a hearing by the House Committee on Financial Services last Tuesday about ” The Role and Effectiveness of the World Bank in Combating Global Poverty “, Nobel Laureate, Joseph Stiglitz argues for appointing an “Interim President, for the next 20 to 24 months” Continue reading →

In an Op-Ed article published this morning by the International Herald Tribune; Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, former Finance and Foreign Minister of Nigeria, writes in defense of the Bank and its staff. Continue reading →

The survey which was launched last Tuesday by CGD has just published its primary results on reforming the process for selecting the president of the World Bank. Continue reading →

Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, the CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is urging Ghana, which holds the Chair of the African Union “to play a leadership role in quickly mobilizing an African position on the selection of a new World Bank president” Continue reading →

Joseph Stiglitz, former World Bank chief economist urged the Financial Services Committee in the US Congress : “The choice of a successor to outgoing bank president Paul Wolfowitz should be open and transparent with the most qualified people available regardless of race, gender or nationality,” Continue reading →