James Wolfensohn
Australian-American lawyer and former president of World BankWikipedia
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Sep 28, 2026
Kumi NaidooHOST
You know, Suma, that reminds me of...
Kumi NaidooHOST
Jim Wolfensohn, when he was president of the World Bank, and I was then Secretary General of Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation.
Kumi NaidooHOST
And one of the things we were doing was trying to open up more meaningful space for civil society to be able to engage with the World Bank.
Kumi NaidooHOST
And I got actually quite close to him.
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Suma ChakrabartiGUEST
I mean, let me give you a very concrete example.
Suma ChakrabartiGUEST
I hope Trevor Manuel won't mind me mentioning this.
Suma ChakrabartiGUEST
But, you know, when Jim Wolfensohn was leaving, I rang Trevor up and said, look, the UK, formal UK policy is we do not back the gentleman's agreement of 1944.
Suma ChakrabartiGUEST
That was the formal policy of the Labour government at the time.