{"id":2553,"date":"2012-04-05T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2012-04-06T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T10:47:09","slug":"trendybuzzer-ngozi-okonjo-iwealas-bid-for-the-world-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/05\/trendybuzzer-ngozi-okonjo-iwealas-bid-for-the-world-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"TrendyBuzzer: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala\u2019s Bid For The World Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>It\u2019s not very often that a globally coveted and prestigious job position flirts with the idea of appointing a woman of African descent. But <strong>Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala<\/strong> is distractingly brilliant and as the current minister of finance in her native Nigeria, she has proven beyond a doubt that she can bravely wade into murky waters and re-surface with unpolluted and distilled ideas that propel progress on a grand scale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/2012\/04\/05\/trendybuzzer-ngozi-okonjo-iwealas-bid-for-the-world-bank\/i_1205519926845-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2555\" title=\"I_1205519926845\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/I_12055199268451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Of course being a Harvard graduate is a major qualifier, not to mention her stint as the managing director of the <strong>World Bank<\/strong>, and former positions as the vice president and corporate secretary of the World Bank Group. Her resume reads like a scholarly bible so it\u2019s not shocking to have her name tossed into the ring and gawked at as strong possibility for the World Bank presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Former Columbian finance mister <strong>Jose Antonio Ocampo<\/strong> is another contender, and both he and Okonjo-Iweala are expected to battle it out with former Dartmouth University president, <strong>Jim Yong Kim<\/strong>, who according to sources was a hasty choice by the Obama administration in order to help counteract the growing approval of the other two nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the chosen candidate has always been appointed by the <strong>White House<\/strong>, but that could very well change and if anyone can appreciate that, surely <strong>President Obama<\/strong> can. And he should also be prepared to embrace the strong possibility that <strong>Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala<\/strong> who seems to be the more qualified and experienced nominee of the bunch could very well be appointed. She has garnered a lot of support from the media,\u00a0especially from the <strong>Economist<\/strong>, a publication that is well respected and revered, which makes their opinion and forecast substantially valid.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the outcome, it\u2019s refreshing to know that there are still jobs out there that are based solely on merit and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not very often that a globally coveted and prestigious job position flirts with the idea of appointing a woman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,1],"tags":[699,698,697,700],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TrendyBuzzer: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala\u2019s Bid For The World Bank - 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