World Bank President...who are you rooting for (who's best for the job)
Doubt most people on here don't know the background of these candidates but thought some info on here:
Jim Yong Kim
Dr Jim Yong Kim takes part in the Dartmouth College Idol competition
The 52-year-old is a leading figure in global health.
A doctor and former director of the HIV/Aids department at the World Health Organization, he also co-founded the health charity Partners in Health in 1987.
Born in Seoul, he moved with his family to the US at the age of five and grew up in Muscatine, Iowa.
In high school, he was valedictorian and president of his class, played quarterback for the football team and point guard for the basketball team.
He attended Brown University before going on to Harvard where he earned his medical doctorate in 1991 and a PhD in anthropology in 1993.
He became president of Dartmouth College in 2009, where he made a memorable appearance as a rapping spaceman, complete with white, studded leather jacket, at a college talent show.
Married to a fellow doctor, and with two young sons, Dr Kim said he joined Dartmouth "to be more effective at making the world a better place".
He will hope to do the same at the World Bank.
Though a surprise choice, he is still the favourite for the top job, given the US holds the most votes at the World Bank.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The Nigerian finance minister has been endorsed by three African countries - South Africa, Angola and Nigeria - and is seen as a very serious candidate.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, 57, was previously a managing director at the World Bank, appointed by Robert Zoellick in October 2007, a role she held until last year when she took up her government position.
She is in her second stint as finance minister, having also served under former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
She studied at Harvard and earned a PhD in regional economics and development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The married mother-of-four has won many awards, including Time magazine's European Hero in 2004, Euromoney Magazine Global Finance Minister of the Year in 2005, and the Financial Times/The Banker African Finance Minister of the Year in 2005.
Jose Antonio Ocampo
Mr Ocampo is best known as the former finance minister for Colombia - though he has also held other posts in government, including agriculture.
He is well respected for a series of policies that helped his nation avoid the worst of the financial crises that have struck Latin America over the years.
Currently, he is professor of professional practice in the International and Public Affairs department of Columbia University in New York.
He has also been a visiting fellow at Oxford and Yale.
Mr Ocampo has held a number of positions in the United Nations, including as UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs.
He also took charge of the UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and turned it into a regional development powerhouse.
He received his BA in economics and sociology from the University of Notre Dame in 1972 and his PhD in economics from Yale University in 1976.
As I have not kept in touch with the news as much recently due to exams.......im not exactly sure how what changes each candidate plan to make...maybe you can fill me in on this.....
Bookies have the odds slightly in favour of the non-US candidates, apparently. Expert observers, though, still feel that the US candidate is likely to win, depending on how the Europeans vote. The US has about 25% of the voting power, and the pro-US Japan has about 9%. If we assume that we have split votes from African and LatAm countries, that leaves the good doctor in a solid position.
Don't think Kim has the best experience for the job. Time to move away from the tradition and elect Okonjo-Iweala or Ocampo.
If I'm not mistaken, Okonjo-Iweala isn't really that popular in Africa, because of some failed economic policies she implemented in Nigeria. Or something like that. Which I suppose would leave Ocampo as the best choice.
Well, Ocampo's out. Endorsed Okonjo-Iweala for the job.
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