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American Jim Yong Kim is chosen to lead World Bank

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 Monday extends the U.S. hold on the top job at the 187-nation development agency.

 

Obama nominates Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim to be World Bank chief

Jim Yong Kim

President Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, a physician and anthropologist by training, to succeed Robert Zoellick as the next president of the World Bank.

 

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