With the World Bank President stepping down, the search is on for the next head. The US will make the appointment as per tradition (in which the Europeans appoint the IMF and the US World Bank) and right now Lawrence Summers and Hilary Clinton are favorites. Summers I can see, but I was a bit surprised with Clinton.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...be-leading-contenders-to-head-world-bank.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...be-leading-contenders-to-head-world-bank.html
