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Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim Tapped to Lead World Bank

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:16:36 CDT

Jim Yong Kim, an American who is president of Dartmouth College, has been chosen to be the next president of the World Bank. His selection extends the United States' hold on the top job at the 187-nation development agency. Kim, a surprise nominee of President Obama, was selected in a...

Obama Makes Surprise Pick to Head World Bank

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:56:19 CDT

President Obama will nominate Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a surprise pick for the international financial institution's top job, senior administration officials say. The Korean-born Kim is a physician by training and a prominent figure in global health and development circles. Officials believe his...

World Bank Vows to Stand Behind Poor

Jess Kilby — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:18:21 CDT

The head of the World Bank cautioned yesterday that the economic crisis could hit developing countries the hardest, and pledged the bank’s support in helping those nations protect their poor, reports AP. Bank president Robert Zoellick warned that aid to impoverished regions must continue to flow even as the US...

Celebs Earn Stripes Helping Save Tigers

Matt Cantor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:39:52 CDT

Actors Bo Derek, Harrison Ford, and Robert Duvall helped the World Bank kick off a tiger-preservation campaign yesterday in Washington, CNN reports, with efforts to save the endangered species' habitats atop the list. Derek, who works with the US State Department to fight trafficking, says the tiger initiative should stem...

UN Head: Drop Policies That Up Food Prices

Dustin Lushing — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:44:37 CDT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will plead with world leaders at a food summit in Rome tomorrow to suspend trade restrictions, agricultural taxes, and other price controls that have helped create the highest food prices in 30 years, reports the Washington Post . Ban will also urge the US and other...

World Bank Offers $1.2B in Food Aid

Peter Fearon — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:46:56 CDT

The World Bank is offering an emergency $1.2 billion in aid to several nations in a desperate bid to stave off starvation for millions of people, reports the BBC. The money is being offered to Haiti, Liberia, Djibouti, Togo, Yemen and other nations identified as at immediate risk from...

Britain Tops US in Funding for World Bank

Zach Samalin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:15:17 CST

Great Britain has supplanted the United States as the largest contributor to the World Bank, pledging $4.2 billion of the total $25.1 billion raised for the world's poorest nations, a record high. The shift in power reflects both the dollar's waning dominance as well as an end to...

World Bank President Touts New Strategy

Peter Fearon — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:25:04 CDT

Robert Zoellick has outlined a new strategy for the World Bank, including giving the private sector a bigger role in development, speeding aid to countries coming out of conflict, and promoting green energy alternatives, Reuters reports. The new president has been quick to reposition the global bank's mission following the...

New World Bank Head Stakes Out Own Ground

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:50 CDT

Though he's proven more popular with staffers than his predecessor, new World Bank head Robert Zoellick faces a greater challenge in setting a new path for the poverty-fighting lender, the Wall Street Journal reports. As shareholders meet today for the first time since Zoellick took over for the disgraced Paul...