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Head of World Bank Resigns

HeadlineJan 08, 2019

The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, will step down at the end of the month, three years before his current term was due to end. The World Bank has been headed by Americans appointed by the U.S. president since its creation in the 1940s.

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