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Monday, January 7, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 7, 2019
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces resignation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces he will step down next month, more than three years before his current term was due to expire.
“It has been a great honor to serve as president of this remarkable institution, full of passionate individuals dedicated to the mission of ending extreme poverty in our lifetime,” Kim says in a statement.
Kim, who took over leadership of the global lender in 2012, is to join an as-yet unnamed firm focusing on investments in developing countries.
World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva will serve as interim president upon Kim’s February 1 departure, the bank said in a statement.
— AFP
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