At ‘home’ in Peru, World Bank chief unfazed by slower growth
Latin America & the Caribbean

At ‘home’ in Peru, World Bank chief unfazed by slower growth

CARABAYLLO, Peru (AP) — In the 1990s, Jim Yong Kim would climb the dusty streets and hillsides of this sprawling slum outside Peru’s capital distributing expensive pharmaceutical drugs he’d brought hidden in his luggage to tuberculosis patients. Residents recall the Harvard-trained physician as a smiling do-gooder with basic Spanish and shoes permanently caked with dust. … Continue reading