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		<title>World Bank President Leads Charge Against Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/04/world-bank-president-leads-charge-against-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Kim World Bank The World Bank unveiled its plan to end extreme poverty by 2030 recently. The rapid progress of India, China and Brazil blazed the path towards exceeding the global Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015. Now the Bank wants to rid the world of extreme poverty forever. Ending extreme poverty will require &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/04/world-bank-president-leads-charge-against-climate-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Corruption &amp; Transparency Index</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/02/world-bank-corruption-transparency-index/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/02/world-bank-corruption-transparency-index/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank has issued its latest index of corruption and transparency. The world&#8217;s largest democracy, India, is looking a bit red-faced. World Bank <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/02/world-bank-corruption-transparency-index/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012: Where do the Candidates Stand on Foreign Aid?</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/08/election-2012-where-do-the-candidates-stand-on-foreign-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/08/election-2012-where-do-the-candidates-stand-on-foreign-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Ryan&#8217;s addition to the Romney ticket catapults the election season forward. It also provides a bit more clarity on what a Romney presidency may look like. While other reports will focus on Ryan&#8217;s affinity for Ayn Rand, P90X and the impact of his proposed budget on jobs and US economy, I am interested on &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/08/election-2012-where-do-the-candidates-stand-on-foreign-aid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dueling infographics: Best and worst places to do business in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/06/dueling-infographics-best-and-worst-places-to-do-business-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The online news organization GlobalPost has taken data from the World Bank to create a good infographic and database on the Best and Worst Places to do Business in Africa (interactive at the site; below is just a screen grab): Not too surprisingly, the Democratic Republic of Congo (which lately has seen a new eruption &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/06/dueling-infographics-best-and-worst-places-to-do-business-in-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Despite some international misgivings, Seattle backs Jim Kim’s appointment to World Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/despite-some-international-misgivings-seattle-backs-jim-kims-appointment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lisa Stiffler, special correspondent U.S. physician and anti-poverty activist Dr. Jim Kim has been confirmed as the new president of the World Bank. The news – while controversial internationally – was well received in the global health and development field in Seattle. “In an era when hiring a politician or a banker in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/despite-some-international-misgivings-seattle-backs-jim-kims-appointment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Physician activist Jim Kim wins position at helm of World Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/physician-activist-jim-kim-wins-position-at-helm-of-world-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/physician-activist-jim-kim-wins-position-at-helm-of-world-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s controversial nomination of Dr. Jim Kim to take over as chief of the World Bank has, as most expected, won the day. AP Jim Yong Kim chosen to lead World Bank Reuters World Bank picks health expert as president New York Times World Bank officially selects Jim Kim Huffington Post How Jim &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/physician-activist-jim-kim-wins-position-at-helm-of-world-bank/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Republic: Analysis of controversy over World Bank pick</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/new-republic-via-npr-analysis-of-the-controversy-over-world-bank-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/new-republic-via-npr-analysis-of-the-controversy-over-world-bank-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lant Pritchett is Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. Outsiders must be a little mystified as to why the Obama administration&#8217;s nomination of Jim Young Kim to lead the World Bank has kicked up so much dust in the development community. I suspect the casual observer thinks: &#8220;Such a &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/04/new-republic-via-npr-analysis-of-the-controversy-over-world-bank-pick/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stop saying silly things like Dr. Jim Kim is &#8216;anti-growth&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/03/stop-saying-silly-things-like-dr-jim-kim-is-anti-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/03/stop-saying-silly-things-like-dr-jim-kim-is-anti-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysis President Barack Obama&#8217;s nomination of renowned physician activist Dr. Jim Kim to become head of the World Bank is controversial &#8211; apparently because he&#8217;s both a physician and an outspoken advocate for a particular approach to fighting poverty. This has led all sorts of development experts &#8212; most of them economists &#8212; to give &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/03/stop-saying-silly-things-like-dr-jim-kim-is-anti-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise! Putting a doctor activist in charge of World Bank controversial</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/03/surprise-putting-a-doctor-in-charge-of-the-worlds-anti-poverty-bank-is-controversial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/03/surprise-putting-a-doctor-in-charge-of-the-worlds-anti-poverty-bank-is-controversial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When President Barack Obama last week announced that he was nominating Dr. Jim Kim, an outspoken poverty advocate and physician, to take the helm of the World Bank, it was a surprise to almost everyone. Kim is currently president at Dartmouth College but is best known as the physician co-founder, with Paul Farmer, of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/03/surprise-putting-a-doctor-in-charge-of-the-worlds-anti-poverty-bank-is-controversial/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And the next president of the World Bank will be &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/02/and-the-next-president-of-the-world-bank-will-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/02/and-the-next-president-of-the-world-bank-will-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably an American and possibly, some say, Bill Clinton or Andy Summers. The World Bank is an institution created in the closing days of World War II to provide loans to poor and/or struggling countries based on the concept that a healthy global economy is good for all of us. See, this &#8216;globalization&#8217; stuff really &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2012/02/and-the-next-president-of-the-world-bank-will-be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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