<p>Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim, who has been selected as new President of the World Bank, has said he will seek a new alignment of the body with a rapidly changing world.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"As President, I will seek a new alignment of the World Bank Group with a rapidly changing world," Kim said in a statement after the World Bank announced that he has been selected to replace Robert Zoellick on July 1.<br /><br />"Together, with partners old and new, we will foster an institution that responds effectively to the needs of its diverse clients and donors; delivers more powerful results to support sustained growth ... amplifies the voices of developing countries ...," he said.<br /><br />The World Bank picked Seoul-born Kim over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.<br /><br />Kim is currently president of Dartmouth College. The US national, Kim is a co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH) and a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO).<br /><br />Kim, 52, will take over at the beginning of July, after the current president, Robert B Zoellick, steps down at the end of his five-year term.<br /><br />"I am delighted to succeed Robert Zoellick, who has served with excellence and distinction during the last five years, and I am grateful to the Bank’s member countries for the broad support I have received,” he said.<br /><br />Kim said his discussions with the Board and member countries point to a global consensus around the importance of inclusive growth.<br /><br />"We are closer than ever to achieving the mission inscribed at the entrance of the World Bank - Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty," he said.</p>
<p>Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim, who has been selected as new President of the World Bank, has said he will seek a new alignment of the body with a rapidly changing world.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"As President, I will seek a new alignment of the World Bank Group with a rapidly changing world," Kim said in a statement after the World Bank announced that he has been selected to replace Robert Zoellick on July 1.<br /><br />"Together, with partners old and new, we will foster an institution that responds effectively to the needs of its diverse clients and donors; delivers more powerful results to support sustained growth ... amplifies the voices of developing countries ...," he said.<br /><br />The World Bank picked Seoul-born Kim over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.<br /><br />Kim is currently president of Dartmouth College. The US national, Kim is a co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH) and a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO).<br /><br />Kim, 52, will take over at the beginning of July, after the current president, Robert B Zoellick, steps down at the end of his five-year term.<br /><br />"I am delighted to succeed Robert Zoellick, who has served with excellence and distinction during the last five years, and I am grateful to the Bank’s member countries for the broad support I have received,” he said.<br /><br />Kim said his discussions with the Board and member countries point to a global consensus around the importance of inclusive growth.<br /><br />"We are closer than ever to achieving the mission inscribed at the entrance of the World Bank - Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty," he said.</p>