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In reply to the discussion: Ivanka Trump is reportedly under consideration to lead The World Bank [View all]groundloop
(11,518 posts)10. Even if Tiny nominates her there's no guarantee that she'd win the position
From Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/jim-yong-kim-world-bank-trump.html
The bank is owned by the worlds governments, with voting shares on its board largely determined by the amount of money theyve pledged to the institutions lending arms. Nigeria controls 0.7 percent of the votes, for example, while China has a 4.5 percent share and the U.S. has 16 percent. Officially, World Bank presidential candidates are nominated by board members, and whichever candidate gets the majority of the votes is the winner.
In reality, the U.S. nominee has always been selected, thanks in part to a deal with European shareholders that the U.S. will back the European candidate for the head of the International Monetary Fund if the Europeans back the U.S. candidate for the World Bank. ......
Europe could conceivably end their cooperation with the US in this matter and leave Ivanka out in the cold.
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Ivanka Trump is reportedly under consideration to lead The World Bank [View all]
riversedge
Jan 2019
OP
Then Trump should nominate her, listing her qualifications. That should be embarrassing.
keithbvadu2
Jan 2019
#23
Ivanka Trump will head the World Bank right after her father wins the Noble Peace Prize (NT)
louis c
Jan 2019
#26
She got a bachelor's degree in economics, back in 2004. Seems like thin qualifications
Siwsan
Jan 2019
#27
The gall. "Economic developments"? Like she's not going to rape the countries....
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#33
I Was Being Facetious--POTUS and VEEP Are Precluded From Being From the Same State!
DoctorJoJo
Jan 2019
#58
I would assume the Trumps just think the World Bank is a giant piggy bank they can loot.
dflprincess
Jan 2019
#38
she's not even qualified to balance her own checkbook, much less the World Bank
steve2470
Jan 2019
#40