Norway failed to secure Nordic majority for Africa’s candidate for World Bank top job

News May 09, 2012

Many spoke favourably of the eminent qualifications of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Bank. Norway tried to mobilise support for her. In the end, the Nordic-Baltic vote went to the American.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria. Photo: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010.

Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President. Photo: Dartmouth College/Joseph Mehling ‘69

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