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The resignation of two senior World Bank officials
11/7/15
Agencies - The World Bank announced in a memorandum obtained by the French news agency, a copy of the two senior financial responsibility are French director Bertrand Prodromal and chairman of the China International Finance Corporation Jin Yong Kai, they will resign from their posts.
And Bertrand Prodromal former general manager of the bank Societe Generale, took office in March 2013 and was at the heart of this debate within the International Finance Corporation about bonuses, has overseen especially on a controversial plan to cut costs and enhance the financial strength of the World Bank.
Said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in the memo that efforts Prodromal "invaluable in taking decisive measures related to the ability to secure revenues and control expenses."
The Prodromal at the end of 2014 in the heart of a debate within the World Bank after he promised to reward him of $ 94 000 dollars, but eventually forced to give up because of the protest movements by the staff. Prodromal said in a statement that he had received "proud of what we accomplished and looking for new challenges."
The Chinese Jin Yong Kai, head of the International Finance Corporation branch to the private sector at the World Bank, will leave his post in December.
World Bank President said in the memo that "Jin Yong take great responsibility in the allocation of money for and achieved exceptional results."
The International Finance Corporation has been criticized several times by civil society organizations such as Oxfam and Amnesty International because of the lack of audited at some selected development projects.
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