Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala's candidacy has my support as well. She is one of the world's top economist. I hope the WB member countries base their vote on track record. Her's is undeniably the best to lead the WB in the right direction. When I met her in 2009, I was very impressed about how she could speak about the world economy with the kind of common sense that is rare when listening to top economist. Furthermore, she gave me a better understanding of what development really should be. She is real down to earth and very inspiring. I wish there were more like her at that level.
Listen to her from TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_aid_versus_trade.html
Then Read about her on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala
Peace,
--Emilie
(http://www.ted.com/speakers/ngozi_okonjo_iweala.html)
On 03/21/12, Dick Lowe wrote:
> Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Developing nations are nominating Okonjo-Iweala as well as one other candidate to lead the World Bank.
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> WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, sources with knowledge of emerging market efforts to find candidates said on Tuesday.
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> The candidacies of Okonjo-Iweala and Ocampo, who have credentials as both economists and diplomats, pose a challenge to the United States, whose hold on the top post has never been contested.
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> Washington has held the presidency since the Bank's founding after World War Two. It has yet to publicly identify a nominee to succeed Robert Zoellick, who plans to step down when his term expires at the end of June. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday.
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> Okonjo-Iweala, who left the World Bank as managing director last year to become Nigeria's finance minister, and Ocampo, a former U.N. under-secretary for economic and social affairs, will join American economist Jeffrey Sachs, who has the backing of a handful of small countries, on the nomination list.
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> Two sources said Okonjo-Iweala's candidacy had the blessing of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Richard Borsuk)
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