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 Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 5:28am On Apr 03, 2012 |
ekt_bear: So this is the much ballyhooed endorsement? Doesn't it read more, "take a look at both of these other folks too?"Of course you dont expect them to come all out against their own president. We are in an election year remember  |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 5:25am On Apr 03, 2012 |
ekt_bear: Citation for bolded?"Last year, all of the bank's 187 member countries agreed on a transparent, merit-based process to select a president." http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/us-worldbank-idUSBRE82M05L20120323 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9162236/President-Obama-nominates-Dartmouth-College-president-Jim-Yong-Kim-as-World-Bank-chief.html |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 5:11am On Apr 03, 2012 |
ckkris: @lastpageSo the NYT, the most liberal paper in the country is also in on the conspiracy? hmmmm . . . |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 4:59am On Apr 03, 2012 |
ekt_bear: Well, it isn't the US alone. It is US + allies. Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada.What betrayal? They all agreed last year henceforth to choose the leadership of the WB on merit; no more US forcing their way through. They signed an agreement and it only makes sense that Europe would follow through on those agreements. people just dont sit down and have agreements just for the fun of it. This is serious business.Once you sit at the table and sign up to choose the most qualified candidate, any talk of betrayal is ridiculous. Ekt Bear now has a new hobby:spinning conspiracy theories about how the world is out to get America and poke America in the face. It's better than his old hobby: relentlessly making stuffs up all in an attempt to look intellectual.  [size=4pt]nice line, hun[/size]? |
| Politics › Re: Where On Earth Is Chief Oladeinde Fenandez? Nigerian's Truly Richest Man. by strangerf: 10:46pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
bittyend: You need to leave Planet X and come back to Planet Earth. This guy outsmarted the judicial system, that's why he didn't pay that much.Giving him too much credit. All he said was that they werent married and truly they werent married in the UK. No biggie. Any average person would have pulled it off. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Court Frees Former MD Of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola Of Corruption by strangerf: 10:43pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
^^^ So Akingbola is a politician? Didnt realize that? what was I thinking. . . |
| Politics › Re: Court Frees Former MD Of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola Of Corruption by strangerf: 10:30pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
Timehin: What a justice system....CASH & CARRY as usual!Its like that every where. Money talks. . . |
| Politics › Re: Court Frees Former MD Of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola Of Corruption by strangerf: 10:29pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
dayokanu: If possible can they jail the prosection team in Akingbolas stead?That would be a gross miscarriage of justice. Or what evidence do we have that they didnt collude with Erastus to handle the case shabbily and get him a AcquitalThe burden of proof is on you, not on them. Moreover, who is gonna prove it? The same "Harvard-OAU-ABU educated, incompetent prosecution?"Bottom line,...Money dey miss, Who tiff, the money?We dont even know if there is any money missing. The case was never heard and Akingbola's status quo has been restored. |
| Politics › Re: Where On Earth Is Chief Oladeinde Fenandez? Nigerian's Truly Richest Man. by strangerf: 10:11pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
^^^ He made his money in the west hustling . . . like most Nigerians. He was just luckier than the rest.  You dont know shyttt. Mercer county baby!!! |
| Politics › Re: Court Frees Former MD Of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola Of Corruption by strangerf: 10:01pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
^^^^ Cant you read? The case was dismissed on technicalities |
| Politics › Re: Court Frees Former MD Of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola Of Corruption by strangerf: 9:44pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
The judge is pissed. Not a victory for Akingbola at all. Very very lucky guy |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 9:31pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
As I was saying: Kobojunkie: Washington is GOVERNMENT of A COUNTRY and one country influencing another Country is Politics. However, World Bank is an organization that is government by rules and regulations that are not easily bent.So Washington doesnt operate under laid down rules and regulations? Obama can just wake up and do whatever he wants, flouting conventional rules with impunity? Go siddon somewhere jo And besides what is politics? Politics is everywhere my dear, even in the inner corridors of the WB. Politics is the process by which we make collective decisions, deliberatively and coercively , and it includes decisions that border on where and how to direct foreign/western investments |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 9:24pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: Washington is GOVERNMENT of A COUNTRY and one country influencing another Country is Politics. However, World Bank is an organization that is government by rules and regulations that are not easily bent.So Washington doesnt operate under laid down rules and regulations? Obama can just wake up and do whatever he wants, flouting conventional rules with impunity? Go siddon somewhere jo And besides what is politics? Politics is everywhere my dear, even in the inner corridors of the WB. Politics is the process by which we make collective decisions, deliberatively and coercively , and it includes decisions that border on where and how to direct foreign/western investments |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 9:20pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: How exactly can the President of the World bank do this?Ode oshi. So if the President of the World's foremost development bank tells you to go invest in her country, assuring you of a substantial ROI, you would second guess her? Knowing full well that her reputation and credibility are on line? |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 8:05pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
José Antonio Ocampo for (World Bank) president The former Colombian minister and leading development economist is far and away the most qualified candidate to lead and reform the World Bank It is truly historic to be engaged in a global debate about who should head the World Bank. For more than 60 years the Bank presidency has been dictated by the US. Finally, the US and the Bank have pledged the institution's next president will be chosen on merit, not hegemony. On merit, José Antonio Ocampo is far and away the most qualified candidate to lead and reform the World Bank. Many of the leading media outlets and key development professionals have praised the US in acknowledging the need to change the process and for putting forth Jim Yong Kim but have expressed concern that he may have too narrow a resume to run the Bank, given the many challenges it faces. Kim would be asked to head an institution that is charged with helping to bring more than 2 billion people living on less than $2 per day out of poverty, while promoting economic growth that generates employment in an environmentally sustainable manner, as well as tackling problems like food price volatility, global climate change, financial stability and public health. On public health Kim is hands down the best candidate, but is in deep third on the rest. The World Bank not only has to work on this broad set of issues, it is also in need of deep reform. Six years ago the Bank was mired in scandal. Robert Zoellick can be credited for calming things down, but the Bank has not been at the forefront of development. Indeed, it is increasingly becoming eclipsed by the Chinese and other emerging market development banks. O[b]campo is the only candidate who has the breadth of knowledge and experience to reform the World Bank for these 21st-century challenges. He has managed and reformed major global institutions and government ministries. And, as a leading development economist in academia, he will have the respect of a Bank swarming with economists.[/b] Between 2003 and 2007 Ocampo served as the UN under-secretary general for economic and social affairs. In that capacity he chaired the UN executive committee on economic and social affairs and headed the UN department of economic and social affairs. He was tapped for that job because of his stellar record in reforming the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, where he was executive secretary from 1998 to 2003. From 1989 to 1997 he held a number of senior posts in the Colombian government, including finance minister and chair of the central bank board. In addition, he was minister of national planning, and minister of agriculture and rural development. In all these capacities he is a proven reformer. Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is better equipped than Kim to lead the World Bank, but she doesn't have the breadth experience and development knowledge, and is too much of a Bank insider to be able to put in place badly needed reforms. One of the only things standing in Ocampo's way is his own government. Colombia's finance minister gave Ocampo the go-ahead but only days later said Ocampo's bid was not "politically feasible" because Bogotá is pushing a candidate to head the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The Dominican Republic and Brazil nominated him anyway. Pressure is mounting on Colombia to change its stance. Last week every major newspaper and television outlet in the country endorsed Ocampo's candidacy – even those most supportive of the government. Some of those articles pointed out that the World Bank is much more important than the ILO, and that a Colombian would never win the ILO job because a Latin American has long held the seat and Colombia has been notorious for its poor treatment of workers under the watch of the candidate put forth. It has been the developing world that has reduced poverty significantly (often despite poor policy advice from the World Bank). It has been the developing world that has 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 Bank in such an environment – especially of someone who lacks high-level policy experience and is not versed in the broader development agenda. We must then turn to the two developing country candidates. Ocampo wins. He is a reformer, has managed major global institutions and national ministries, and is arguably one of the most noted development economists of our time. |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 7:57pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
I guess it is safe to conclude that folks at the Economist are very effusive about Madam. Org/as/mic maybePray tell, what accomplishments? MIT and Harvard VS Brown & Harvard x2 vs Notredame & Yale? No ground breaking research paper, no ideological shift whatsoever. Now compare her to Kim's PIH or to what Ocampo did in his home country ( impressive stuff) Go look at Ocampo's CV and compare with your madam That said, she would be a better fit than Kim, Don't know what Obama was thinking . . . |
| Politics › Re: Hats Off To Ngozi, Show Barack Obama The Meaning Of Meritocracy by strangerf: 7:46pm On Apr 02, 2012 |
Why are conspiracy theorists so stupidddd, perhaps they have an overblown image of themselves. Agenda ko, asunder ni. Some people shaaaaaa. Everything is always about them. Everyone is after them and their twice a week pum-pum |
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