China media calls for democracy at World Bank
- Published: 23/02/2012 at 03:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
China's state-run Xinhua news agency called Wednesday for democratic and transparent elections for the next World Bank president, saying the US strangle-hold over the job was outdated.
Security patrols the street outside the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington, DC in 2010. China's state-run Xinhua news agency called Wednesday for democratic and transparent elections for the next World Bank president, saying the US strangle-hold over the job was outdated.
The World Bank announced last week it would select a new president to succeed Robert Zoellick by April 20, the start of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund's spring meetings in Washington.
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