Washington - U.S. economic threw Jeffrey Sachs in his name in the arena of the race for the presidency of the World Bank on Friday in a public campaign to achieve the unusual high office.
Sachs, wrote in an article in the Washington Post that his credentials make him a better candidate of bankers and politicians, who often put their names and Washington.
He wrote, "In contrast to former heads of the World Bank did not come from Wall Street or the U.S. political circles. I am for economic development practitioner, researcher and writer."
It seemed more aggressive in a phone call when he said "I do not think the job for amateurs."
Sachs and adviser since the United Nations and many governments on the issues of poverty, which runs the Institute for Development Research at Columbia University in New York.
And leaves Robert Zoellick World Bank president, a former senior executive at Goldman Sachs and previously held senior positions in the U.S. government from his position at the World Bank in June.
The Bank provides loans and grants to developing countries and emerging economies to fight poverty and develop their economies.
The names that were repeated as potential candidates to replace Zoellick and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice.
Sachs said he was earning the trust of many developing countries after it gave her A_i_arart on combating poverty and is expected to be nominated by a number of them formally in a letter soon.
There was no comment from the World Bank. He said he would announce only the names that will be included on the short list before a final decision in April. The right of the member states put forward their nominations until March 23.
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