Moreover, many of the World Bank president’s most important decisions involve economics in an essential way. Wrong economic decisions, such as in the 1970’s, when Robert McNamara pushed grandiose, but environmentally devastating, infrastructure projects, have haunted the Bank for decades.
而且，世行行长许多最为重要的决定在很大程度上都是与经济学有关。在七十年代，麦克拉马拉推动了许多规模宏大但造成环境灾难的基础设施项目。这样的错误经济决定几十年来一直困扰着世行。