Robert Zoellick

Japan says Yes to US nominee to head World Bank

Jim Yong Kim, a physician and anthropologist, was named by the Obama administration in March as the US pick to succeed Robert Zoellick when he steps down in June.

Eurozone talks stuck on bailout fund: Sarkozy

Adding to uncertainty, the Financial Times reported that plans to strengthen the banking system would fall short of market expectations.The latest official estimates have put the banks capital shortfall at less than 100 billion euros compared with a recent IMF report putting the funding hole and 200 billion euros.

Pranab to World Bank: India's long term growth intact

India's long term growth remains intact, although it has been affected in the short term, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has informed the World Bank.

With power comes responsibility: World Bank asks big economies to tighten up

Zoellick said European countries were resisting difficult truths about their common responsibilities, Japan had held off on needed economic and social reforms, and political differences in the United States were overshadowing efforts to cut record budget deficits.

Take it from World Bank chief, 'more dangerous' times ahead

Zoellick's diagnosis scratches the surface a bit. It says the eurozone's sovereign debt issues are more troubling than the "medium and long-term" problems facing the United States.

Developing nations need Euro crisis defence: Zoellick

Developing countries needed to "prepare for the uncertainty coming out of the euro zone and the wider financial markets", Zoellick told Britain's Observer newspaper.

US nominee for World Bank chief's post meets Pranab

He is believed to have sought India's support for his candidature.

WB President Zoellick visits Chennai office

On his maiden trip to Chennai, World Bank President Robert B Zoellick today visited the Bank's city office here and met some of the employees.

Merit should be criteria for World Bank top post: BRICS

Leaders of the emerging countries empahasised that the selection of the World Bank chief should be on the basis on merit and not the nationality.

World Bank president Zoellick visits Odisha

Zoellick visited coastal communities to see how they were participating in planning for and conserving their natural resources in a way that did not hurt their livelihoods.