Tag: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

• Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:17 UTC

  WTO chief calls on rich countries to share vaccines now, rather than waiting for the surplus

  

  The World Trade Organization, WTO, chief said that UK and other wealthy nations should send Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries now rather than waiting for the surplus.

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• Thursday, April 12th 2012 - 01:04 UTC

  US World Bank candidate tells board of directors he is not afraid of ‘challenging orthodoxies’

  

  Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to head the World Bank, told the bank's board of directors that he would not hesitate to question the status quo and do his best to help the world poorest.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2012 - 06:58 UTC

  Developing countries nominate top candidates for the World Bank presidency

  

  The US is under intense pressure to nominate a top candidate for the World Bank presidency after developing countries put forward two credible contenders of their own.