Obama proposes Kim for WB
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March 24, 2012, Saturday
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UNITED States President Barack Obama yesterday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the US stranglehold on the international organization's top post.
Obama said Kim, a Korean-born physician and pioneer in the treatment of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis, has the breadth of experience on development issues needed to carry out the financial institution's anti-poverty mission. "It's time for a development professional to lead the world's largest development agency," Obama said at the White House yesterday.
The 187-nation World Bank focuses on fighting poverty and promoting development. Kim is expected to succeed Robert Zoellick.
Obama said Kim, a Korean-born physician and pioneer in the treatment of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis, has the breadth of experience on development issues needed to carry out the financial institution's anti-poverty mission. "It's time for a development professional to lead the world's largest development agency," Obama said at the White House yesterday.
The 187-nation World Bank focuses on fighting poverty and promoting development. Kim is expected to succeed Robert Zoellick.
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