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Wall Street Journal Examines Jim Kim's Nomination To Head World Bank
The Wall Street Journal reports that "[a] long list of development experts, government officials and news organizations around the world have mounted a rebellion of sorts" in response to the nomination of Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and Dartmouth College president, to head the World Bank, as "[m]any of them say the two other candidates, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, are better qualified for the post." According to the newspaper, "The race marks the first time the selection of a World Bank president has been contested," but "[d]espite the controversy" surrounding the nomination, Kim "is still virtually certain to secure the post because of his support from the U.S., the bank's largest shareholder."
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