Less
than a year back, a former chief executive of Mastercard,
Ajay Banga, was in a surprise move picked to head the
World Bank. Putting a Wall Street player addicted to
profits in charge of a development institution claiming
to help lift poor countries out of their underdevelopment
seemed incongruous.
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This article was originally published in Frontline on
May 1, 2024.
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