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January 8, 2019

Head of World Bank Resigns
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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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