林毅夫被任命为
世界银行“负责发展经济学的高级副行长，兼首席经济学家”(Senior Vice-President, Development
Economics, and Chief Economist)。
有不少媒体认为此事与中国经济的发展具有莫大的关联，主要归功于中国经济的增长。但我个人认为，虽然这是其中一个因素，但更重要的恐怕还是林毅夫本人的思想。这也是我接受China
Daily采访时表达的观点，稍后我会提供一个更加详细的理由，解释为什么我会认为这主要是因为林毅夫，而不是因为中国。而且我也想适当提醒，林的上任对于中国而言未必是一个值得庆贺的消息。
Chinese economist Justin Yifu Lin is expected to be named as senior
vice-president and chief economist of the World Bank by the end of
this month, according to media reports.
Lin would replace French economist Francois Bourguignon, who
retired in October, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
The 56-year-old is co-founder and head of the Peking University's
China Center for Economic Research (CCER).
If picked for the post, Lin will become the first economist from
the developing world to hold it. The World Bank move is intended to
increase the presence of the developing world in the bank's senior
management, the WSJ report said.
Analysts see in Lin's candidacy a sign of China's increasing links
with the bank. As the largest developing country, China has not
only received loans from the World Bank, but has consistently
shared its developing experiences with it, helping it to better
carry out its aid programs around the world.
But Li Huafang, an economist with the Shanghai Institute of Finance
and Law, attributes the likely appointment more to Lin's
outstanding career than the fact that he is a Chinese.
"Lin is one of the most important economists in China working on
the rural economy," said Li. "He has put forward unconventional
ideas that have helped policymaking for the rural economy."
With his focus on development and institutional economics, Lin is a
suitable candidate for the World Bank post, said Lu Feng, economist
at CCER.
Lin was born in Taiwan. He holds a master's degree in political
economics from Peking University and obtained a doctorate in
economics from the University of Chicago in 1986. He conducted
post-doctorate research at the Yale University in 1987. He has been
a consultant to the World Bank since 1993.(From China Daily)
http://english.china.com/zh_cn/news/china/11020307/20080122/14629497.html