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The World Bank Gets An Overhaul — And Not Everyone's Happy (NPR)

March 14, 2014

From the article:

Scott Morris, a senior associate at the Center for Global Development, says there's no question Kim's changes are controversial.

"I think what you would find President Kim's critics and fans agree on is that he is a disruptive force in the organization," says Morris, a former U.S. treasury official who was responsible for U.S. participation in the World Bank and other development banks.

Morris says one of the things the World Bank is grappling with is its place in international development. Many of the poor countries it helped for decades are now middle class and have access to different streams of funding. Morris says there are other big international aid agencies out there, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, crowding the field.

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