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The headquarters of the World Bank is in Washington, DC. [[Obama]] appointee [[Jim Yong Kim]] resigned or was forced out in early 2019. Kim was the co-founder of [[Partners in Health]] an international health organization, and then President of [[Dartmouth College]].
The headquarters of the World Bank is in Washington, DC. [[Obama]] appointee [[Jim Yong Kim]] resigned or was forced out in early 2019. Kim was the co-founder of [[Partners in Health]] an international health organization, and then President of [[Dartmouth College]].
The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] has rejected World Bank claims of complete [[legal immunity]], ruling that one of its arms can be sued in relation to lending activities. The ruling could open other American-based international organizations to the threat of [[lawsuit]]s over financing overseas development.<ref>https://www.icij.org/investigations/world-bank/world-banks-legal-immunity-stripped-opening-door-for-lawsuits/</ref> Undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department, David Malpass has argued the World Bank has become too focused on its own expansion and prestige rather than on the interests of poor countries.<ref>https://kfdm.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-tap-david-malpass-critic-of-world-bank-to-lead-it</ref>
The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] has rejected World Bank claims of complete [[Immunity|legal immunity]], ruling that one of its arms can be sued in relation to lending activities. The ruling could open other American-based international organizations to the threat of [[lawsuit]]s over financing overseas development.<ref>https://www.icij.org/investigations/world-bank/world-banks-legal-immunity-stripped-opening-door-for-lawsuits/</ref> Undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department, David Malpass has argued the World Bank has become too focused on its own expansion and prestige rather than on the interests of poor countries.<ref>https://kfdm.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-tap-david-malpass-critic-of-world-bank-to-lead-it</ref>
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