Now the world is at a crossroads. The choices are together against poverty, resource depletion, and climate change, or face war after war for resources, political instability and environmental degradation.
The World Bank, if properly led, could play a major role to avoid these threats and risks that brings. The stakes this summer is crucial, as the World Bank's 187 member countries to choose a new president, replacing Robert Zoellick whose term expires this July.
The World Bank was established in 1944 to promote economic development, and now may be said almost all countries belonged to this world body. The World Bank is the central mission of alleviating global poverty and the global construction ensures a healthy and inclusive environment in terms of the social side. Achieving this goal will not only improve the lives of billions of human beings, but also prevent violent conflict is fueled by poverty, hunger, and the competition to win the resource-scarce resources.
American officials, according to his custom, looked at the World Bank as an extension of foreign policy and commercial interests of the United States. With the location of the World Bank which is only two blocks from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, it is easy for the United States to dominate the institution. Now many members, including Brazil, China, India, and several African countries, have voiced support for a more collegial leadership and improvement strategies that bring benefits to all.
Since the founding of the World Bank to this day, the unwritten rule that applies is that the government was the Americans who appoint each new World Bank president: during this 11 President of the World Bank is an American, and none of them expert in the field of economic development a core responsibility of the World Bank, or tread career in the fight against poverty or promote environmental sustainability. In contrast, the United States selects the candidates of this World Bank President from among Wall Street bankers and politicians to ensure that World Bank policies in line with U.S. commercial and political interests.
But this policy has brought about a result that is not suspected by the U.S. and is very detrimental to the world. Because of the lack of strategic expertise in the leadership summit, the World Bank does not have a clear direction. Many projects have been directed to U.S. corporate interests, not to the sustainable development. The World Bank has completed many construction projects, but not a lot of resolve global problems.
Too long have the leadership of the World Bank to impose American concepts are often poorly suited for poor countries and poor people. For example, the World Bank have failed at all to handle the explosion of AIDS pandemic, tuberculosis, and malaria around the 1990s, failed to deliver aid where it is most needed to curb the explosion of these diseases and save millions of lives.
In fact, even worse, the World Bank recommends wearing fee and "cost recovery" for health services provided, thus placing health services to save lives is beyond the reach of poor people in poor countries, those most in need of assistance. In 2000, the AIDS Summit in Durban, I recommend the establishment of "Global Fund" to fight these diseases, it is the reason for the World Bank did not do a proper job done. Global Fund against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria was successfully formed, and since then has saved millions of lives, which in Africa alone, malaria has dropped at least 30 percent.
The World Bank also lost a crucial opportunity to help small farmers and promote integrated rural development more evenly among rural communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. For about 20 years, from 1985 to 2005, the World Bank against the use of aid to the target that has proven successful for small farmers to enable them to increase productivity and get out of poverty. Lately, the World Bank has increased assistance for small farmers, but still more that can and should do.
Personnel who manage the Bank's staff are people who are very professional, and will do more if freed from the domination of U.S. leadership and a narrow view. The World Bank has potential as a catalyst for progress in key areas that will give shape to the future of the world. Priorities should include agricultural productivity, the mobilization of information technology for sustainable development, the application of low-carbon energy systems, and quality education for all through greater reliance on new forms of communication for hundreds of millions of students who are not served.
Activities of the World Bank now touches all these areas, but he fails to lead effectively in those areas. Despite the ability of the World Bank staff is high, it is not in a strategic position or energetic enough to be effective change agents. Creating the World Bank to play its role properly requires hard work, which requires expertise in the top leadership.
Most importantly, the new President of the World Bank should have professional experience firsthand the many challenges of the development. World do not accept the status quo that exist today. World Bank leader who once again came from Wall Street or from the U.S. political circles will give a heavy blow to the world that require creative solutions to complex development challenges facing today. The World Bank requires a proven professional, ready to handle the challenges of sustainable development from the first day.
World Bank leader who once again came from Wall Street or from the U.S. political circles will give a heavy blow to the world that require creative solutions to complex development challenges facing today.
The World Bank, if properly led, could play a major role to avoid these threats and risks that brings. The stakes this summer is crucial, as the World Bank's 187 member countries to choose a new president, replacing Robert Zoellick whose term expires this July.
The World Bank was established in 1944 to promote economic development, and now may be said almost all countries belonged to this world body. The World Bank is the central mission of alleviating global poverty and the global construction ensures a healthy and inclusive environment in terms of the social side. Achieving this goal will not only improve the lives of billions of human beings, but also prevent violent conflict is fueled by poverty, hunger, and the competition to win the resource-scarce resources.
American officials, according to his custom, looked at the World Bank as an extension of foreign policy and commercial interests of the United States. With the location of the World Bank which is only two blocks from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, it is easy for the United States to dominate the institution. Now many members, including Brazil, China, India, and several African countries, have voiced support for a more collegial leadership and improvement strategies that bring benefits to all.
Since the founding of the World Bank to this day, the unwritten rule that applies is that the government was the Americans who appoint each new World Bank president: during this 11 President of the World Bank is an American, and none of them expert in the field of economic development a core responsibility of the World Bank, or tread career in the fight against poverty or promote environmental sustainability. In contrast, the United States selects the candidates of this World Bank President from among Wall Street bankers and politicians to ensure that World Bank policies in line with U.S. commercial and political interests.
But this policy has brought about a result that is not suspected by the U.S. and is very detrimental to the world. Because of the lack of strategic expertise in the leadership summit, the World Bank does not have a clear direction. Many projects have been directed to U.S. corporate interests, not to the sustainable development. The World Bank has completed many construction projects, but not a lot of resolve global problems.
Too long have the leadership of the World Bank to impose American concepts are often poorly suited for poor countries and poor people. For example, the World Bank have failed at all to handle the explosion of AIDS pandemic, tuberculosis, and malaria around the 1990s, failed to deliver aid where it is most needed to curb the explosion of these diseases and save millions of lives.
In fact, even worse, the World Bank recommends wearing fee and "cost recovery" for health services provided, thus placing health services to save lives is beyond the reach of poor people in poor countries, those most in need of assistance. In 2000, the AIDS Summit in Durban, I recommend the establishment of "Global Fund" to fight these diseases, it is the reason for the World Bank did not do a proper job done. Global Fund against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria was successfully formed, and since then has saved millions of lives, which in Africa alone, malaria has dropped at least 30 percent.
The World Bank also lost a crucial opportunity to help small farmers and promote integrated rural development more evenly among rural communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. For about 20 years, from 1985 to 2005, the World Bank against the use of aid to the target that has proven successful for small farmers to enable them to increase productivity and get out of poverty. Lately, the World Bank has increased assistance for small farmers, but still more that can and should do.
Personnel who manage the Bank's staff are people who are very professional, and will do more if freed from the domination of U.S. leadership and a narrow view. The World Bank has potential as a catalyst for progress in key areas that will give shape to the future of the world. Priorities should include agricultural productivity, the mobilization of information technology for sustainable development, the application of low-carbon energy systems, and quality education for all through greater reliance on new forms of communication for hundreds of millions of students who are not served.
Activities of the World Bank now touches all these areas, but he fails to lead effectively in those areas. Despite the ability of the World Bank staff is high, it is not in a strategic position or energetic enough to be effective change agents. Creating the World Bank to play its role properly requires hard work, which requires expertise in the top leadership.
Most importantly, the new President of the World Bank should have professional experience firsthand the many challenges of the development. World do not accept the status quo that exist today. World Bank leader who once again came from Wall Street or from the U.S. political circles will give a heavy blow to the world that require creative solutions to complex development challenges facing today. The World Bank requires a proven professional, ready to handle the challenges of sustainable development from the first day.
World Bank leader who once again came from Wall Street or from the U.S. political circles will give a heavy blow to the world that require creative solutions to complex development challenges facing today.
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