Ajay Banga comes to Washington

“Everything seems greased for [Banga] becoming the next president,” said Mark Sobel, U.S. chairman at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. “But there are these questions about whether the World Bank can use its balance sheet more proactively and creatively to lend more, including for climate.”

He’ll kick things off today at a Center for Global Development event, where he’ll talk about the future of the World Bank.