CareerForum@World Bank
I attended a lecture at the World Bank.
At the end of the lengthy career forum, I was asked, "For example, I assume that when the World Bank executes investment operations, there is often a possibility that it will butt heads with local trading companies, or general trading companies as we call them in Japanese.Have you actually had this experience?" I asked.
In answer, the Vice President stated that, for example, in Russia as represented by Sakhalin, and in oil field development in Africa, there is almost no conflict of interest because the projects are basically carried out in cooperation with the respective local trading companies. However, he stated that since there are no clear business lines, it is very important to build effective trilateral relationships using a common language.
Regarding the biggest difference between the IMF and the World Bank, he said that the IMF's main objective is to stabilize the international monetary system, and to this end it monitors and advises member countries on their exchange rate policies and provides loans to member countries whose balance of payments has deteriorated significantly.
The World Bank, on the other hand, was originally established to help countries recover from the damage of World War II. Today, its main role is to provide loans to member developing countries to support their economic growth. It also appears to provide economic policy advice and technical assistance. In other words, if the IMF, in a sense, stabilizes the global financial system through manpower tactics, the World Bank is expected to play an active role in emergency situations such as the current corona pandemic. At this point, however, the Bank's response to the health and economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak, as well as the sharing of defense strategies among countries, is far from perfect.
There are many issues to be addressed, for example, assistance to African and Middle Eastern countries facing food shortages due to grasshopper outbreaks, etc.
There is not much OldCord can do, but I still think this event was very worthwhile.
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