如何在制度真空中寻找出经济增长的第一推动力,是世行一直未能如愿的事我在芝加哥大学的老同学,也是多年的老朋友林毅夫,今年5月底将走马上任,成为世界银行的首席经济学家兼负责发展经济学的高级副行长。世行成立以来多次任命过来自发展中国家,包括来自中国的常任或高级副行长,但林毅夫是第一位来自中国,也是第一位来自发展中国家的首席经济学家。可以预见,他对世行的政策走向一定会产生深远的影响。 How to find the first impetus for economic growth in the institutional vacuum is what the World Bank has not been able to do. My old classmate at the University of Chicago and my longtime friend YEUNG Yi-fu will take office by the end of May this year and will become the chief banker of the World Bank Economist and senior vice president for development economics. Since its inception, the bank has repeatedly appointed permanent and senior vice presidents from developing countries, including China, but Mr. Lin is the first from China and the first chief economist from developing countries. It is foreseeable that his policy direction toward the World Bank will certainly have a profound impact.