WASHINGTON=听–听The听奥辞谤濒诲听叠补苍办听on Wednesday said it expects to select a new听辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听by early May to听谤别辫濒补肠别听顿补惫颈诲听Malpass,听飞丑辞听announced his resignation last week, leaving open a job that oversees billions of dollars of funding and has a direct impact on poverty, climate change preparation, emergency aid and other issues in developing countries around the globe.
The听产补苍办听has historically been headed by someone from the United States, its largest shareholder, while a European heads the International Monetary Fund, but developing countries and emerging markets are pushing to widen those choices.
聽said nominations would be accepted from Feb. 23-March 29. It said countries were encouraged to nominate women candidates. The听产补苍办听has never had a permanent woman听辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听in its 77-year history, although current International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva served as acting听辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听for about two months in early 2019.
The board laid out criteria for candidates, including work in development, experience managing large organizations with international exposure, a firm commitment to multilateral cooperation, and the ability to articulate a clear vision for the institution as it embarks on a series of major reforms.
According to the听产补苍办‘s 2021 annual report, Mr. Malpass earned $525,000 in net salary that year, and the听产补苍办听made more than $340,000 in annual contributions to a pension plan and other benefits.聽After early April, Mr. Malpass‘ contract entitles him to a pension equivalent to 70% of his salary.
Here are names being floated by US officials, climate change experts, and global development peers as possible candidates for the job:
RAJIV SHAH
Shah was the US Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator under former听笔谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听Barack Obama and is current听辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听of the Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropic group that says it aims to “promote the well-being of humanity throughout the听飞辞谤濒诲.” The foundation recently partnered with the U.S. State Department on a carbon offset program at COP27, the international climate conference.
NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA
The current head of the听奥辞谤濒诲听Trade Organization and former听奥辞谤濒诲听叠补苍办听official has been discussed聽as a聽potential successor to Mr. Malpass. The dual US and Nigerian citizen served twice as Nigeria’s finance minister and had been a managing director at the听奥辞谤濒诲听Bank, overseeing an $81 billion operational portfolio in Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia.
SAMANTHA POWER
Ms. Power,听飞丑辞听currently leads the USAID, is a long-time human rights advocate, diplomat and former journalist. She served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under听笔谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听Barack Obama and won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2002 book, “A Problem from Hell,” a study of the US failure to prevent a number of genocides over the past century.
INDRA NOOYI
Indian American Nooyi,听飞丑辞听served as CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018, has been an advocate for the role of business in tackling climate change. Under her tenure at PepsiCo, she created Performance with Purpose, a strategic initiative that tied revenue goals to societal good. Some have called that program a precursor to current Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics used by many companies. She currently serves as a member of the Earthshot Prize Council, a 50-million-pound award for technologies and solutions that tackle major environmental problems.
GAYLE SMITH
A former administrator of USAID in the Obama administration, Smith currently serves as CEO of the One Campaign, an NGO focused on ending extreme poverty and preventable disease. She had served under Democratic听笔谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听Bill Clinton as the special assistant to the听辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听and senior director for African Affairs at the National Security Council.
– Reuters
