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IN THE event, the controversial and closely fought contest to become president of the World Bank ended in exactly the same way as all the earlier stitch-ups: the American candidate won. Jim Yong Kim, currently head of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, will take over from Robert Zoellick in July. But the contest has raised awkward questions both about the bank and Mr Kim himself which will not be laid to rest so smoothly.
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Jim Yong Kim will be President Obama's nominee to head the World Bank, according to a Bloomberg headline. He's a Korean-American physician, and currently the President of Dartmouth College. According to his Dartmouth bio, Kim has sp... Read Post