I hope you will not think that I am jumping the gun, but it is time to think seriously about who the next president of the World Bank will be. My candidate remains Kemal Dervis, the superb economist and administrator who currently runs the U.N. Development Program. He is Turkish, and you might think national pride is at play here, but only a tiny bit. In a pinch, I will be happy with this alternative as well.
Let me know who your candidate is.
my candidate is Amartya Sen
Posted by: mohammadreza | May 08, 2007 at 09:05 AM
PM Tony Blair or Mohammed Yunus.
Posted by: Torben | May 08, 2007 at 09:42 AM
Kemal abi!
Posted by: Andrew | May 08, 2007 at 09:58 AM
What about Gobind Nankani?
Posted by: Alan | May 08, 2007 at 09:59 AM
The right profile is Simon Johnson. Oh, wait, he is taken
Posted by: Rob | May 08, 2007 at 10:01 AM
What, he's only a tiny bit Turkish...? :)
Posted by: Dan Olner | May 08, 2007 at 10:08 AM
Kostas Simitis;p
Posted by: jim | May 08, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Most likely the new president will have to have Wolf in his/her name. Frankly, though, even if we can get a non-Wolf, I don't think Angelina Jolie is a good candidate. Much better to go with someone like Salma Hayek, who is famous for her Austrian-school economics.
Posted by: minderbender | May 08, 2007 at 11:39 AM
I would go with Arminio Fraga, the outstanding brazilian economist...well, he maybe is more suitable for the IMF.
Posted by: Ale | May 08, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Paul Volcker, although he's getting on in years. Janet Yellen? I'll second Yunus.
Posted by: David | May 08, 2007 at 01:04 PM
Amartya Sen
Posted by: Víctor | May 08, 2007 at 01:16 PM
I will follow Joe Stiglitz and vote for Arminio Fraga.
Posted by: Ed | May 08, 2007 at 04:51 PM
Realistically, it will still be an American, won't it? Is that likely to change?
Posted by: Mario | May 08, 2007 at 07:04 PM
Yes, they probably have to be American.
My guess is Stanley Fischer.
Posted by: sil | May 08, 2007 at 10:39 PM
Let us hope that it wo'nt be John Bolton.
Posted by: gaddeswarup | May 09, 2007 at 03:16 AM
What about William Easterly ?
He has the capacities to do the job: lots of field knowledge, has been in the institution for a long time, he's an aknowledged theorist of developpement, too.
no ?
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Dani Rodrik. Why not?
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