http://www.worldbankpresident.org is a good site to track media coverage, insider gossip, official reactions and civil society activity on the selection of the next World Bank president. Some applicant essays... Jeff Sachs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-i-would-lead-the-world-bank/2012/... Bill Easterly: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/05/how_i_would_not_lead_the_wo... ICT4D Jester: http://ict4djester.org/blog/?p=362