Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:36 am Post subject: Korean-American to head World Bank |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-16/kim-chosen-to-head-world-bank-extending-u-s-monopoly-on-job.html
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Kim, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, breaks the mold of World Bank presidents, who have been drawn from government and finance. |
But he's absolutely typical insofar as he holds an American passport.
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The failure of emerging markets to unite behind a candidate is reminiscent of the contest to head the IMF last year, when Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens lost to then- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde. The IMF has always been headed by a European. |
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