World Bank: An exercise of influence
Emerging nations’ pitch for a presidency long monopolised by the US highlights the complexities facing global institutions, writes Alan Beattie
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Developing nations are looking to break the 68-year-long US stranglehold over the top job at the global institution
Africa presses for World Bank reform
The global financial institution has been accused of failure to practise what it preaches after a ‘murky’ process to elect a new leader
World Bank picks Kim as next head
Questions raised over transparency of system and openness of race to become the next head of the World Bank as US candidate is chosen
Kim on track to lead World Bank
Developing countries failed in an effort to unite behind a single candidate, making Jim Yong Kim almost certain to be the bank’s next president
Non-US World Bank nominees look to Europe
Europe’s voting strength means US contender cannot lose unless some nations break with tradition that head is always American
World Bank job favourite ‘lacks expertise’
Jim Yong Kim lacks the ‘appropriate development credentials’ to do the job properly, says one of his chief rivals for the position
World Bank selection a ‘hypocrisy test’
The World Bank presidency has always been in Washington’s gift but the emerging world is pushing for an open contest to choose a successor to Robert Zoellick
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The candidates
My vision for the World Bank
I lived through the Nigerian civil war in my formative years. I saw how violence could upset economic development, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
My pitch to build a brave new World Bank
The Bank should be an inclusive forum to discuss the issues raised by the rapid growth of big emerging economies, writes José Antonio Ocampo
My call for an open, inclusive World Bank
The Bank has taken significant steps to become more transparent and accountable: it must continue on this path, writes Jim Yong Kim
Comment and analysis
Obama made the wrong World Bank call
Not only should the US support meritocracy, it should be conspicuously seen to support that principle where it matters, writes Edward Luce
The right leader for the World Bank
The new leader should have a command of macroeconomics, the respect of leaders, and management skills. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the best choice
Why Ocampo – not Kim – should be next World Bank president
If the decision is finally based on merit, as it should be, Ocampo will win: he is far and away better than any on the list of credible names, writes Kevin P Gallagher
The doctor is in: Jim Kim at the World Bank
Jim Kim is a technocrat rather than a politico, so the White House has refreshingly eschewed partisan patronage if not nationality, writes Alan Beattie
World Bank trump
Unexpected as his presidency nomination is, Jim Yong Kim is qualified for world’s top development job as his understanding is deep and many-faceted
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