Tag: Christina Roemer

One more reason to skip Summers for World Bank

Robert Zoellick will step down as head of the World Bank this year, and there’s already lots of chatter about who might replace him. While many acknowledge that the world has outgrown the decades long tradition of having a European head the IMF and an American head the World Bank, it’s likely that another American will get the nod. (Otherwise Congress might take their ball and go home — i.e. they might cut American funding for the institution.) Continue Reading