World Bank's ex-officials back Okonjo-Iweala

United Nations (UN) Secretariat has said its Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, would not comment on the selection of a new President for the World Bank.But former top officials of the bank are endorsing Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the job.In a statement in Washington DC, the United States (U.S.) yesterday, 39 former managers and officials of the bank, who have held senior positions like Vice President, said Dr. Okonjo-Iweala would bring the combination of her experience as Finance and Foreign Minister of a large and complex African country with her wide experience of working at all levels of the bank's hierarchy in various parts of the world, from agricultural economist to Managing Director."
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