Staff members at the World Bank are not happy.
Results of the latest employee engagement survey — which come after a contentious reorganization and a controversial investigation of an outspoken World Bank staffer over the leaking of a draft safeguards document — point to a level of discontent with senior management that current and former bankers say is unprecedented.
“In all my years at the bank I have never seen such a lack of trust and such a deterioration of trust between staff and senior management,” said Jean-Louis Sarbib, a former World Bank vice president and senior vice president who worked at the institution for 26 years. “I’ve never seen such a climate of fear in the bank. People are afraid to speak out.”
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Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.
