From the article:
Kim’s approval took between eight and 12 weeks once the process was officially launched, but Scott Morris, a senior fellow and director of the U.S. Development Policy Initiative at the Center for Global Development, said he doesn’t know how long it will take this time. The last time a president left in the middle of his term — Paul Wolfowitz — there was no interim president.
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While the process may be similar to Kim’s, there are questions about how quickly the board will start the clock on the selection and how it will lay out the process this time around, Morris said.
“I don’t know how long it will take to get a World Bank president because I don’t know if there is a clear will among the majority of countries to launch the process right away,” he said, adding that there may be an interest in relying on an interim president if countries are nervous about who the Trump administration might put forward as a candidate.
“Countries will not be shy, there will be a lot of discussion on process issues, what should happen now, how long they should wait, etc.” Morris said.
