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Jim Yong Kim (Korean: 김용; born December 8, 1959), also known as Kim Yong (김용 /金墉), is an American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019.
First World Bank Group president without business background 8 Lewis T. Preston: September 1, 1991 – May 4, 1995 ... Jim Yong Kim: July 1, 2012 – February 1, 2019
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will resign effective Feb. 1, more than three years ahead of the expiration of his term, the bank said on Monday.
Kim Choong-soo (Korean: 김중수; Hanja: 金仲秀; born 6 June 1947) is a South Korean economist and politician who was Governor of the Bank of Korea from April 2010 until March 2014. Education [ edit ]
World Bank President Kim said in March that the demand in struggling regions for infrastructure spending — to provide clean water, electricity, medical care and other vital needs — will mean the bank will finance an increasing number of big projects likely to remove people from their land or disrupt their livelihoods.
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...
An indirect presidential election was held on 16 April 2012 to choose a new president of the World Bank Group to replace Robert Zoellick, whose term expired in June.Although the organisation has always had presidents from, and nominated by, the United States, this election featured the nomination of two non-United States candidates for the first time, [1] originating, respectively, from ...
Kim Kyong-hui (Korean: 김경희; born 30 May 1946) is the aunt of current North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.She is the daughter of the founding North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the sister of the late leader Kim Jong Il.