One final curtain call. David Malpass will be attending the 10 April Spring Meetings of the World Bank/IMF for the last time as president of the World Bank Group. The gathering sets the tone for the two most powerful international donors; and it will certainly be abuzz.
His early exit won’t disappoint the critics: Malpass arrived at the Bank as a Trump appointee who was openly hostile to the Bank’s lending programmes to China, for example. In 2022, he was criticised by Al Gore, the former Vice President of the US, who accused him of being a ‘climate denialist’. After having poorly defended himself, he announced he was leaving the Bank. Bretton Woods insiders believe this was one of the principal reasons behind his departure.
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