Economics
World Bank's Star Economist Is Sidelined in War Over Words
- Paul Romer to give up management of research department
- Researchers chafed against push to communicate more clearly
World bank Chief economist Paul Romer.
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The World Bank’s chief economist has been stripped of his management duties after researchers rebelled against his efforts to make them communicate more clearly, including curbs on the written use of “and.”
Paul Romer is relinquishing oversight of the Development Economics Group, the research hub of the Washington-based development lender, according to an internal staff announcement seen by Bloomberg. Kristalina Georgieva, the chief executive for the bank’s biggest fund, will take over management of the unit July 1.