Topic: Jim Yong Kim
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Gordon Brown: Girls' empowerment movement is a global game-changer
Girls, not adults, are forming a liberation movement – demanding their rights, especially to education. They've organized child-marriage-free zones, demonstrations to support Malala Yousafzai, petitions against child labor, and a growing movement exposing child trafficking.
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IMF pushes for more action as Europe's recovery drags
The International Monetary Fund is looking to richer countries for swifter action as Europe's debt crisis continues and developing countries, once the engine of the world's economy, also face uncertainty.
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Jim Yong Kim selected as new World Bank president
Jim Yong Kim, currently the president of Dartmouth College, beat out two other candidates to take over the World Bank, beginning this summer.
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Who is Jim Yong Kim, nominee for World Bank president?
The selection of Jim Yong Kim took many by surprise since he is not well known in Washington circles and wasn’t an expected candidate for the World Bank position.
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