Far from being an anti-climax, I think it's a historic victory for which Sachs and the people who backed him can claim some credit. Sachs has just putting out a statement saying that he supports Kim 100%.
Note this from the NYT article, which they also used as their caption: "Unlike recent World Bank presidents, Dr. Kim is not a former banker or policy maker in the United States government." That's exactly what Sachs was calling for. On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > an anti-climax after all that Summers/Sachs tumult? > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Robert Naiman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Health groups appear to be very, very jazzed. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/business/global/dartmouth-president-is-obamas-pick-for-world-bank.html >> >> March 23, 2012 >> Dartmouth President Is Obama’s Pick for World Bank >> By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. >> WASHINGTON — President Obama is nominating Jim Yong Kim, a physician >> who has been president of Dartmouth College for three years, to head >> the World Bank, the White House said Friday. >> >> The nomination of Dr. Kim, who helped found Partners in Health and >> directed the World Health Organization’s department of H.I.V./AIDS, >> would recognize the importance of health issues in global development, >> elevating them to parity with finance. His work has emphasized >> bringing effective medicine to the poor. >> >> The choice was a surprise. Leading candidates had included Laura >> D’Andrea Tyson, an economist and former head of the President’s >> Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration. Unlike >> recent World Bank presidents, Dr. Kim is not a former banker or policy >> maker in the United States government. >> >> President Obama was to make the announcement at the White House Friday >> morning before leaving for a summit meeting in South Korea tonight. >> >> Dr. Kim will not be the only candidate for the World Bank job. On >> Friday morning, Angola, South Africa and Nigeria put forward the name >> of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian finance minister and former World >> Bank official. >> >> Dr. Kim, who was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2003, >> was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1959 and moved with his family to >> the United States at the age of 5. He graduated from Brown University >> in 1982, earned an M.D. from Harvard University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in >> anthropology there in 1993. >> >> He was the first Asian-American to head an Ivy League institution. >> >> The nomination was first reported by The Associated Press and >> confirmed by White House officials. >> >> >> -- >> Robert Naiman >> Policy Director >> Just Foreign Policy >> www.justforeignpolicy.org >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > -- > Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to > be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But > in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
