Breaking News: Blogger, David Dollar, Named Economic And Financial Emissary To China.
David Dollar, who heads up the blog, East Asia & Pacific on the Rise (a/k/a David Dollar's Blog) and the World Bank's China Director, has just been named by Timothy Geithner as "economic and financial emissary to China." Dollar, who was formerly an Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA and a Visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, really knows whereof he speaks when it comes to economics and China.
Though there will no doubt be those who will attribute his pick to the favorable publicity I gave him in this post, (kidding!) I have to believe this particular pick was entirely on the merits.
Comments (4)
Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endJames - June 1, 2009 2:20 PM
Hi Dan,
I work with David on his blog at the World Bank. I just wanted to clarify that, although David was very prominent and headed up the China section of the blog, the East Asia & Pacific on the Rise blog is not only about China, and it will certainly continue after Dollar’s departure. I'm hoping whoever fills David’s position will continue his good work!
The blog, which discusses development issues in the East Asia and Pacific region, is at http://eapblog.worldbank.org
Thanks,
James
Elliott Ng - June 1, 2009 10:15 PM
James,
I also subscribe to David's RSS feed and it is called "David Dollar's blog":
http://eapblog.worldbank.org/blogs/david-dollar
After visiting the site, I now realize that this is just an author feed to the overall group blog that you are describing. Keep up the good work!
another anon - June 1, 2009 10:19 PM
Apparently the World Bank is displeased with Obama's pick for US Ambassador to China. I foresee discontinuity in the messages coming from the ambassador and Geitner's "boy".
J.K. Rowling - June 2, 2009 3:05 AM
David "Dollar"---I love it!