Survey: US Alone Should Not Pick World Bank President

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/30/1549/

Survey: US Alone Should Not Pick World Bank President
by Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK - Whoever takes charge of the World Bank in July must be elected, not selected, say experts on global financing for development in a survey conducted by a U.S.-based independent think-tank.”We are surprised at how strong and consistent the results are in support of reforms in the selection process of the World Bank,” said Lawrence MacDonald of the Center for Global Development, the group that initiated the opinion poll last week.

The ongoing survey indicates that a vast majority of those working to promote the development of poor countries, as well as many of the World Bank’s own employees, do not like the way the president of the Bank is chosen.

MacDonald told OneWorld that in four days his group surveyed some 600 people. Amongst them, more than 85 percent said they would like to see a democratic way of choosing the Bank president.

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