Sebastian Edwards, a UCLA professor and former World Bank senior economist, points out that the high volume of private capital flowing to developing nations has seriously diminished the importance of the institution. But, he says, Mr Wolfensohn's actions have accelerated the trend. "It's happened faster because of him," Prof Edwards argues. "What Wolfensohn has done has been incredibly frivolous."
Isn't Edwards an apologist for Pinochet?
Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
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