Kim has set ambitious goals. Last month he pledged to slash poverty to 9%, from 18%, by 2020 after NGOs said his initial target for cutting it to 3% by 2030 was too slow. To achieve this, Kim is recentralising power by creating 14 global practices in areas such as education and agriculture that will cut across the existing country-based structure. Woods warns Kim to be careful not to overestimate the degree to which the Bank is perceived by its borrowers as a knowledge bank as opposed to a source of funds. What I hear officials in countries say is what they really value is experience, which is different to global practice and knowledge, she says. The challenge facing Kim is to understand the politics of implementation, which is very country-specific, while recentralising the Bank. How do you get these global policy experts to understand the politics of implementation? theguardian/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/nov/08/world-bank-job-cuts-jim-yong-kim
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:50:07 +0000