Why Jim Yong Kim Wants to Run the World Bank By ANNIE LOWREY excerpt: Q. How about the book "Dying for Growth"? Have your views changed since that book came out? A. That book was written based on data from the early and mid-1990s, from the approaches of the World Bank and other institutions in the early to mid-1990s. Our concern was that the vision was not inclusive enough, that it wasn’t, in the bank’s words, “pro-poor.” The bank has shifted tremendously since that time, and now the notion of pro-poor development is at the core of the World Bank. The movement specifically has been away from a single big idea that guided all development programs to one now where we’re much more focused on evidence. This is what I bring as both a physician and an anthropologist. As a physician, we are constantly looking for the evidence that will help us make better decisions — I think in economic development towards focusing on what is the evidence that this particular approach to development will work in this particular country. This has been my commitment since I was a young person. Also, the fact that I’m an anthropologist means that I look for specific solutions for specific contexts. There’s no one-size-fits-all. There’s no big idea that will lead to economic growth for everybody. I think we must be evidence-based and evidence-driven, and we must pay attention to local contexts. full: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/why-jim-yong-kim-wants-to-run-the-world-bank/
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