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By David Pred A multi-billion dollar aid program administered by the World Bank is underwriting systematic human rights abuses in Ethiopia. Last September, Ethiopian victims submitted a complaint about the program to the World Bank Inspection Panel, which is tasked … read more »
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Tagged bank, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, European Commission, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, PBS, Politics of Ethiopia, World Bank
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It was hardly the best of circumstances for an interview when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sat down with Foreign Policy in Washington, D.C., recently. In addition to jet lag, the Nigerian finance minister was battling both malaria and the flu. “Anyone else … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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The new president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, began an African tour Tuesday with a call to Ivory Coast to “choose peace” in order to foster economic growth. Kim, 52, a Korean-American physician and anthropologist, took up his … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Laurent Gbagbo, World Bank, World Bank Group
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Patrick Bond The sickening signs of Kim’s retreat in the face of power were unmistakeable beginning in early April, just after his nomination was announced by Obama. The situation for the many constituencies hopeful about Jim Yong Kim’s ‘election’ as … read more »
The unsurprising announcement that the Board of the World Bank had voted in favor of the American candidate, Jim Yong Kim, presents an opportune moment to reflect upon the soft power structures that shape global public policy in the early … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, bank, BRIC, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, José Antonio Ocampo, Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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Patrick Bond After the tragedy of Obama, the new World Bank president could well be a farce. It’s simply a matter of considering the underlying power relations. PART 1: BEFORE That 66th birthday month of his, March 2012, was auspicious … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Joseph Stiglitz, Kim, New Hampshire, Nigeria soccer news, Rolling Stone, travel to africa, World Bank
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THE Coordinating Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who recently lost a bid to clinch the World Bank presidency, has reiterated her readiness to work with the eventual winner, Dr Jim Yong Kim. Okonjo-Iweala, while giving … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African news, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, World Bank
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ABUJA- THE Senate Tuesday condemned in strong terms, the continuous duopoly of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, IMF by United States of America –European thereby locking out Africans and especially emerging economies of the world from the … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, United States, World Bank
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African nations have had their hopes dashed with the selection of Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, side-stepping the chance to put an African woman with 20 years’ financial experience into the top job. Much of Africa had … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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The World Bank on Monday named as its next president Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and the president of Dartmouth College, in a widely expected appointment that continues the longstanding tradition of an American leading the Washington-based development … read more »
By OMOH GABRIEL WITH the withdrawal of Colombian ex-finance minister, Jose Antonio Ocampo, from the World Bank Presidency race last Friday, the die is now cast between Dr. Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American. Kim who is … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Ocampo, Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo on Friday withdrew his candidacy for World Bank president, leaving two candidates in a race that he said had turned highly political. With the World Bank board meeting on Monday to pick a … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, José Antonio Ocampo, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ocampo, Robert Zoellick, Russia, United States, World Bank
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The unprecedented challenge posed by developing countries to the U.S. grip on the World Bank presidency will test industrial nations’ commitment to an open selection process, former Colombian finance minister and nominee Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Tuesday. “We are … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Center for Global Development, Dartmouth College, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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Last spring, when the International Monetary Fund began its search for a new Managing Director, I argued that the Fund should pass over Christine Lagarde – then French finance minister – for a candidate from the developing world. As it … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, bank, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Paris Club, World Bank, World Health Organization
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In the next few weeks a new president will be announced for World Bank in Washington DC. Ordinarily this should not be something that excites anybody outside the inner recesses of governments. But this time it does – because it … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African Union, Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, United States, World Bank
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By Richard Dowden I made a mistake recently. When I read that President Obama had nominated Jim Yong Kim to be the next President of the World Bank, I assumed that was that. When does the hand over begin? Now … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Richard Dowden, Soviet Union, United States, World Bank
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The three candidates seeking to replace Robert Zoellick as president of the World Bank Group are set to face the panel of executive directors who will conduct formal interviews in the following weeks. Mr Zoellick’s term ends in June. Among … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, José Antonio Ocampo, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Robert Zoellick, United States, World Bank
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Imagine if President Obama appointed radical Noam Chomsky, who has denounced capitalism as a “murderously destructive catastrophe,” to head up a committee on economic growth. That’s less of a stretch than it may seem, considering Obama’s nominee to head the … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Barack Obama, Cuba, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Noam Chomsky, United States, World Bank
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US wont support Okonjo-Iweala for the presidency of the World Bank because “The president (Obama) was looking for a candidate who could command broad support across the world,” US Treasury Secretary, Geithner told Reuters in an interview released on Saturday. … read more »
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