No, it's not true that Summers not being nominated is the only victory. If you care about access to basic health services in poor countries, it's a big victory. If you care about breaking down barriers to access to essential medicines in poor countries, it's a big victory.
It's true that if he becomes the next president, then in a narrow sense it doesn't change the precedent that the president is an American. But the precedent has changed in a broader, dynamic sense, in that there was much greater pressure on the US to nominate a good candidate because the question of US control of the process was on the table. I'm sure that they figured - perhaps they even knew - that if they made this nomination Sachs would withdraw his candidacy and support the US nominee. Sachs was a problem in part because he had developing country support. So the dynamics have changed fundamentally from what they were even a few years ago under the Bush Administration, when the US was able to impose Wolfowitz. On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:56 AM, ken hanly <[email protected]> wrote: > But Sachs touted himself as the great man for the job. What was that all > about.Why is not the Nigerian woman the one he would support. As it is the > old tradition is just carrying on. The only victory is Lawrence Summers was > not nominated. But then as comrade Cox rightly notes it should not make all > that much difference to the left anyway. However, it would be good to see > that the developing world has a bit more clout. Here is another account:] > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17490997 > > > Cheers, ken > > Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html > Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html > ________________________________ > From: Robert Naiman <[email protected]> > To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:14:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] NYT: Dartmouth President Is Obama’s Pick for World Bank > > 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." > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
