{"id":9302,"date":"2012-03-26T03:29:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rpt-interview-u-s-world-bank-pick-to-win-broad-support-geithner\/"},"modified":"2012-03-26T03:29:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T01:29:15","slug":"rpt-interview-u-s-world-bank-pick-to-win-broad-support-geithner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rpt-interview-u-s-world-bank-pick-to-win-broad-support-geithner\/","title":{"rendered":"RPT-INTERVIEW-U.S. World Bank pick to win broad support-Geithner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lesley Wroughton<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, March 24<\/span> (Reuters) – Jim Yong Kim, the U.S.
\nnominee to lead the World Bank, will win broad international
\nsupport despite an unprecedented challenge by candidates from
\nemerging economies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
\nsaid in an interview.<\/p>\n

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Washington’s hold on the World Bank presidency is being
\ncontested for the first time by candidates from emerging
\neconomies. Two respected economists and diplomats, Nigerian
\nFinance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian
\nfinance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, have been nominated.<\/p>\n

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Kim, a Korean-American health expert, is well known among
\ndevelopment experts for his work in fighting HIV\/AIDS and
\nbringing healthcare to the poor. President Barack Obama
\nnominated him for World Bank president on Friday.<\/p>\n

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“The president was looking for a candidate who could command
\nbroad support across the world,” Geithner told Reuters in an
\ninterview released on Saturday. “That’s very important, because
\nwe don’t make this decision alone.”<\/p>\n

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“Dr. Kim’s mix of skills will be particularly compelling to
\nthe bank at this time and I think the world will be very
\nimpressed with him,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Emerging economies such as China, India, South Africa,
\nBrazil and Russia have sought to use their growing economic
\nclout to pry open the selection process for the heads of the
\nWorld Bank and its sister organization, the International
\nMonetary Fund.<\/p>\n

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The World Bank has always been headed by an American and the
\nIMF by a European since their inception after World War Two.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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