Wanted president for the World Bank. The American Robert Zoellick, who has occupied the chair since 2007, has withdrawn from running for a second term. And then green light to struggle for succession. In contention there are two other names made in the USA, in hindsight a truly bizarre pairing. At the forefront is still there Hillary Clinton, who has already made it known that he does not want to be secretary of state in a (possible) second Obama government. However, none other than the demiurge of Mircrosoft, the king of nerds, makes his way alongside the former first lady, Bill Gates, which is expected tomorrow at Palazzo Chigi by Prime Minister Mario Monti. The indiscretion was released today by the Republic.
For some time now, the richest man in America has abandoned the entrepreneurship of sharks to give himself to the life of a philanthropist. In particular, Gates applied modern management methods to managing malaria funds and other projects in poor countries. And that is exactly it one of the fields of activity of the World Bank, born in 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference to invest in development policies.
The designation of the president of the World Bank is traditionally the prerogative of the president of the United States. And it looks just like that Obama looks favorably on Gates' candidacy, despite the close relationship that binds him to Hillary. The other names circulating are those of the current US Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, its predecessor, Larry summers, and Robert Rubin, who held the same position in the Clinton administration and then served as Obama's economic program adviser in the 2008 election campaign.
