Word Bank President hopefuls
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Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov (not pictured) after their meeting in Sofia. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
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US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks at the White House in Washington, in this file photo. Rice is on a "short list" of possible US candidates to head the World Bank, according to media reports. REUTERS/Jim Young/Files
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Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee for the next World Bank president, leaves the finance ministry after a meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi in Tokyo. Japan will support Kim, Azumi said on Sunday after meeting the candidate who is visiting Tokyo as part of his world tour to seek support for the candidacy. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during a media briefing in Pretoria. African powers Angola, Nigeria and South Africa endorsed the nomination of Okonjo-Iweala, a respected economist and diplomat, as a candidate to take over the World Bank. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Jose Antonio Ocampo, head of the United Nation's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, addresses the audience in Santiago. Ocampo said that economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will be cut in half this year as crises in Argentina and Brazil compound the effects of the global slowdown. CD/JP
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Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University speaks about potential geopolitical implications of the financial crisis at a panel discussion hosted by "The Economist" magazine at Pace University in New York. REUTERS/Nicholas Roberts
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