₦airaland Forum

The ranting and whining continue.

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/03/23/guest-post-why-ocampo-and-not-kim-should-be-next-world-bank-president/#ixzz1q0Qpm78r

Emerging countries have gone on the offensive to put an end to the “wink-wink” succession rule whereby Europeans get to choose who heads the International Monetary Fund and the US picks the president of the World Bank.
On Friday, developing countries are expected to nominate at least two candidates – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian finance minister, and José Antonio Ocampo, former finance minister of Colombia. If the decision is finally based on merit, as it should be, Ocampo will win: he is far and away better than any on the list of credible names, including President Barack Obama’s nominee, Jim Yong Kim.
Ocampo has the utmost credibility as a policy-maker and diplomat; he works well with the US and developing countries alike; and he is one of the leading academic economists in the field of development.
He is known as a former finance minister but he also served Colombia as minister of agriculture and minister of planning. He has intimate knowledge and experience working with both small and large farmers and on infrastructure and investment projects needed for sustainable growth. This experience will be essential given the current global food crisis.

As finance minister of Colombia he helped the country weather the effects of financial crises in Asia and Latin America. Indeed, he crafted unique and effective measures such as unremunerated reserve requirements whereby foreign investors had to park a certain amount of their capital at the Central Bank. He is now a member of a high-level task force that aims to help nations prevent and mitigate future crises.

Ocampo won points from the US for these efforts and for collaborating with it on a clamp-down on drug-related money-laundering. Colombia is arguably the US’s closest partner in South America and Ocampo has earned the trust of Americans at the highest level. The significance of this should not be overlooked given that it is the US that would have to “give up” the World Bank seat.
His success landed him the presidency of the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean – which he turned into Latin America’s premier development institution by refocusing it on open trade, export competitiveness, innovation and policy alleviation. He was then tapped to be UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, an organization that he also significantly reformed. He improved implementation, created a global development cooperation forum, and held the first ever global conference on international migration and development, earning a truly world-wide reputation as a top notch policy-maker.
Not only would Ocampo have global legitimacy twinned with a special relationship with the US; he would also get more respect from World Bank staff. He has a PhD in economics from Yale and is seen as one of the foremost development economists in academia. He has published widely on labour markets, inequality, public debt, education, macro-economics, industrial innovation, climate change and green development. He has recently been awarded prestigious annual lectureships and prizes at the UN, the World Institute for Development Research and Tufts University.

Okonjo-Iweala also has a PhD in economics and a long history at the World Bank and was a much-heralded finance minister in Nigeria, helping the country to gain its first ever credit rating. That said, she was also Robert Zoellick’s second in command. The World Bank has to move on.
Kim, as president of Dartmouth College and a former director of the World Health Organization’s HIV/Aids department, is a rising star and public health is increasingly recognized as a core development issue. However, he lacks recognition among the world’s development community. More importantly, he lacks the experience and knowledge of finance and broad-based development that will be essential as the world continues to recover from the global financial crisis and works to prevent its recurrence.
Beyond public health, a new bank president will face challenges in re-tooling global and national finances for development, food price volatility, filling the massive infrastructure gap, global climate change and competition with Chinese development banks. Kim is not versed on these issues and lacks experience in managing the delicate global, national, and local interests in play.
Rather than listening to the Washington Consensus, many developing countries took matters into their own hands at the turn of the century. Since then the developing world has grown faster than the rich, reduced poverty significantly and avoided the worst of the financial crisis that originated in the US. It would be ironic for the US to dictate the appointment at the World Bank in such an environment.
Kevin P Gallagher is associate professor of international relations at Boston University and co-author of The New Banks in Town: Chinese Finance in Latin America.

Gbam!
The most qualified candidate.

Okonjo-Iwaela,
Jim,
MOVE OVER!

Disadvantage.
A toothless financial bullfrog. . .in a corrupt, rogue nation.

Acquaintance with Economic Policy. Ngozi has had training in economic development from MIT. Jim has been trained as doctor and anthropologist. Ngozi has been a Minister of Finance making budget allocations and dealt with the entire array of economic policies to promote growth and prosperity. Jim has worked exclusively on health issues (rightly, as he is a physician) and never been in position of responsibility about economic policy. Health was just one of many sectors for which Ngozi had to allocate budgets and promote performance.

Indeed. Fantastic lies that would only look good on a fraudulent resume at casual glance.
NO NIGERIAN IS QUALIFIED FOR SUCH A POSITION BEFORE HE OR SHE DISGRACES NIGERIA ANY FURTHER IN FRONT OF THE WORLD.

Please. . . why was the Columbian omitted?

You get the dictators of leaders you deserve.
Quit complaining.

Attention-seeking, polymonikering pieces of cyber trashy-nonentities noted. . . then Ignored.

Ban don fail again o! After a gooooood whooping.
Mu he he he he he he
Ashawo O YE MY PEOPLE ON RAMPAGE!!!
Still 'hurting'?
Kpele my dias!
The SUPREME QUEEN OF THE CYBER RULES!!!!

Try HARRRRRRRRRRDER!!!!

Mu che che che che che che che
Next gang please. . .tired of the same stale azzzzes!
E BADU BELLE AND E JOLOSI NOR QUENCH O!

He is smart.
He can see through her.
Good news.
I would not nominate her if it were up to me.
If she gets it. . .goodluck to her.

Good for them!
Who say Mallam nor know dem rights!
I love Northerners I swia.

Yup! I vote for Ocampo myself.
Knowing Okonjo-Iwaela's economic policies concerning Nigeria a little bit better, She is now a politician. . .not an economic authority. Okonjo-Iwaela is now a bonafide member of the 'Lobster-Brisque' chopping club of Nigeria.
She is not interested in using her position to deal with ecomomic crimes in Nigeria. . .BUT A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THEM.

+1 for Ocampo!

The missionaries were already in Africa. . .converting the illiterates.
Thereby assisting the slave traders.
The church was in partnership with the slave traders!

http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/iran-denies-pastor-nadarkhanis-execution-order/7144.htm

Stop telling lies!

Larijani claims that Nadarkhani was inviting juveniles into his home, without the permission of their parents, to preach Christianity. He also claims that Nadarkhani converted the underground of his home to a church without the government's permission. Lastly, Larijani argues that in preaching Christianity, Nadarkhani was offending Islam.

Gbam!

He is only preaching the Gospel at his own risk.
Just like Homose-xuals are villified in Nigeria.
Life is a risk.
Take yours.
I wish more Christians will move to Iran.

No.
Not interested either.

Inconsistent and manipulative.
If he were man or woman. . .I would most definitely avoid him or her.
Not a progressive 'God' in my opinion. . . more like a 'roundabout' leading to the same spot!
The utmost confusionist.

You don't need a Christian angle to this.
The answer is NO!
You have children to raise. . . and your wife cannot do that alone.

Both extremely boring. . .dull and redundant!

Only if you live for 'God's will' would you EVER find yourself at 'crossroads'!
I never do. He gave you 'free will' and you toss it back at him.
Cat and mouse game?
I will pass.

buzugee: YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME KIND OF DEMONS ON YOU. YOU COME ACROSS LIKE YOU ARE NOT ALL THERE. PLEASE NEXT TIME YOU SEE MY THREADS OR MY POST, JUST PRETEND LIKE YOU DONT SEE IT

Deal!
Bye!

mkmyers45: You hav a grate shense of umor ****Babytalking****

This life is soooooooooo sweeeeeet hehn?
This religious 'miserables' keep biatching.
If they love the after-life so much, why not end it?

buzugee: this dude is a juvenile. i am the one who outed the theory. and i am not a christian. do you even bother to read ? are you on anxiety drugs or something ?

You are obviously the one on drugs.
Get you dose titrated.
If you are a Christian or not. . . I don't care.
You are quite insignificant and not researchable. Frankly a waste of time.
Buzz off!
If this is your thread, state it so that it can be avoided in the future.
You make a very dull and un-intelligient piece of low-life.
Move ova. . .and stay lost!
Thank you.

"BOO-ZOO"GEE local threads and posts sent to the re-cycle waste bin. . .!

mkmyers45: what checkout options are you talking about? Dubai? Kirikiri?

Otapiapia!
Joining Boko Haram!

I don't care about the one side I am familiar with. . .not to mention the 'other' side.
Good riddance to both!

Both forgiveness and the ability to forget are temporary emotions.
It only takes the right moments to make both reversible.

anneduke: what is the meaning of marriage vow? does it mean a thing to divorced couples?

The statements of oath taken at the wedding ceremony can be likened to a death sentence. When you cruise over the wordings of the oath taken by husbands and wives on the day of their wedding, then, you would recognize that these are very heavy and implicative words. It bothers on issues of life and death.

http://christianrelation..com/2012/03/marriage-vow.html

Marriage vows are not death sentences, only contracts.
If the terms of the contracts are broken. . .people have the rights to void them.
Divorcees and separations are options to void marriage contracts.
No big deal! Not a matter of life and death.

If the world is unbearable. . .there are many options to check-out.
You are here. . .no need to make life shorter than it already is.
Enjoy every bit of it.
If you are depressed. . .get the right medication.
Religion cannot help you over come mental illnesses.

buzugee: you obviously are lacking of knowledge, being a jew is not a religion IT IS A NATIONALITY. it is a LINEAGE.

A Jew practices Judaism. . .common knowledge.
No need re-stating what is SELF-IMPLIED!
Must everything be spelled out for you?
Once again. . .this topic is DEAD.
Thanks to you.
See you around.

Absolutely nothing. . .An antidote to Christian Bigotry at best.
A neutralizing conditioning shampoo for the scalp relaxed with a 'Christian' Perm.
Watch out for new growths. . .and the cycle continues.
Gooooood riddddddddance to both!

Mu he he he he he he
And the stoopidity continues with our modern-day NIGERIAN-CHRISTIANS.
Poor things!

buzugee: this is not a game. what are ya a reta-rded juvenile ? this is some kind of ego boost for you ? shoulda known i was dealing with a simpleton

pick u a book sometimes. in israel there existed side by side black jews and white roman invaders. the jews were colonized by the roman authorities just like britain colonized nigeria. is that so hard to grasp ?

Stop derailing the thread.
Insults are the only way out when you have no defence.
If Judas was a Jew. . .what gives you the authority to label others Pagans?
You have admitted yourself that he could have been both.
THE SAME GOES FOR THE SO-CALLED PAGANS.
Now shattap!

mkmyers45: Virgin birth scam lol

Gbam!

Buzeegee don lose again!
Does not make a good case for the 'Christian' story-book.
BUSTED!!!!

buzugee: i believe judas was a jew [size=20pt]but[/size] some say he was a roman tax man who did the messiahs finances. either way he was a traitor

So, who are the Jews and who are the Roman 'Pagans'?
Game ova! LOL

Next game please.

buzugee: there are romans and there are jews. they are two different people. the romans are edomites (caucasians) who were pagans. the jews are black ( worshipped God). moses is a jew. romans are not jews. they were godless pagans who invaded israel and took over

[size=20pt]WAS JUDAS A PAGAN?[/size]


http://toucheternityteach.com/?p=1327


The Jews killed Jesus after selling him to the Romans of course! How else would they be absolved of the crime?
Perhaps if Judas had not sold Jesus. . .he would not have been killed by 'Pagans'!