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April 17, 2012

Jim Yong Kim Named Head of World Bank, Maintains U.S. Lock on Post 
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The World Bank has named Jim Yong Kim as its next president, maintaining
a seven-decade U.S. lock on the post. Kim is a global public-health
expert and president of Dartmouth College. He co-founded Partners in
Health with Dr. Paul Farmer. Kim will be the bank's first leader drawn
from the development world rather than politics or finance. For the
first time ever, the U.S. nominee for the position faced opposition as
candidates from Nigeria and Colombia challenged Kim's nomination.

 

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