A Harvard trained physician, medical anthropologist, and specialist in infectious disease, Kim, 55, is the Bank’s first leader without a political or financial background, and with international development, non-profit experience
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Beninois-French singer Angélique Kidjo will be awarded at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with a Crystal Award.
Stalled IMF reform and muted reaction from stock markets makes it hard to believe much action will follow the G20 promises. But we can hope, can’t we?
Twenty-one Asian nations signed on to a China-driven initiative Friday to create a new international bank for Asia that Washington opposes as an unnecessary and potentially damaging rival to established institutions such as the World Bank.
The regional impact of West Africa’s Ebola epidemic could reach $32.6 billion by the end of 2015.
By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola could drain billions of dollars from economies in West Africa by the end of next year if the epidemic is not contained, the World Bank said in an analysis on Wednesday. The global development lender predicted that slow containment of the deadly virus in … Read more