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These episodes are meant to capture the role of luck and privilege in my life, as an American during America’s near-hegemon years, and as a woman in a period of growing opportunities for women.
It’s been 25 years since I worked at an IFI and yet women still represent only about 30 percent of senior management in these institutions. Worse, almost none of the world’s major multilateral banks has had a female president in all that time.
Ethiopia presents a cautionary tale: political overdrive to construct universities en masse could end up not only adding little value to quality higher education but may also undermine the incentive mechanisms for improving quality across the entire education system.