Do economists run the World Bank?
With Jim Kim now measuring the drapes at the World Bank, there’s been no shortage of commentary on what his election means in terms of global power shifts. But what does it mean in disciplinary terms? Robin Broad, a colleague here at American University’s School of International Service, has done some digging on the education ...
With Jim Kim now measuring the drapes at the World Bank, there's been no shortage of commentary on what his election means in terms of global power shifts. But what does it mean in disciplinary terms? Robin Broad, a colleague here at American University's School of International Service, has done some digging on the education and training of past Bank presidents:
With Jim Kim now measuring the drapes at the World Bank, there’s been no shortage of commentary on what his election means in terms of global power shifts. But what does it mean in disciplinary terms? Robin Broad, a colleague here at American University’s School of International Service, has done some digging on the education and training of past Bank presidents:
Some well-known US economists and World Bank “insiders” criticized the choice – and supported Kim’s opponent Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala — because Kim is not an economist. From that criticism, one would surmise that the majority of World Bank presidents have indeed been economists.
But what really do we know about the background of the eleven men (yes, all men) who have held that post so far? So, expert pundits and readers alike, let’s see how well you do on the first annual World Bank President Trivia Game. Twelve men, so twelve questions:
Take the quiz here.
David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist
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