The elevation of these two outstanding civil servants comes after a period when other professors have been squeezed out by the political process. In June, several well-qualified economists from emerging-market countries were passed over in the selection of a successor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
在这两位杰出公务员获得高位之前，他们的学术同侪纷纷被排挤出政坛。6月，几位新兴市场国家的杰出经济学家在IMF总裁斯特劳斯-卡恩的继任者之争中败北。