CGD in the News

World Bank President Search to Test Trump’s ‘America First’ Mantra (Bloomberg)

January 08, 2019

From the article:

“It’s always really been about coalitions, and the one key coalition that has held for 75 years is the U.S.-European one,” said Scott Morris, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and former deputy assistant secretary for development finance at the U.S. Treasury under Obama. “It’s hard to see a strong basis for that continuing to hold.”

The Trump administration may face resistance from other countries if the president puts forward a candidate openly hostile to the bank, he said. “They have to go out and get those votes from other member countries, and there’s no sure thing.”