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President Obama (right) and World Bank President Jim Kim play golf at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Participants march during a demonstration against the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank being held in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Japan's Finance Minister Jun Azumi confer at the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington on Saturday. The U.S. has not pledged more money for the IMF's fund used for loans to troubled nations. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** President Obama stands with Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and Mr. Obama's nominee to be the next World Bank president, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday, March 23, 2012. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** World Bank President Robert Zoellick (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin, right, speaks as Hans Timmer, director of development prospects at the World Bank, look on during a press conference on Global Economic Prospects at the World Bank Office in Beijing, China Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud, No. 26 on Forbes' list of the world's richest people, received a $26 million loan from an arm of the World Bank for a luxury hotel in Ghana and Sen. Patrick Leahy, Vermont Democrat, wants to know why it was approved. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The loan of $26 million from a World Bank branch to Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal for a luxury hotel in Ghana has drawn criticism.
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World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick participates in a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in late January. He said "we need global action to ensure we do a better job of feeding the hungry. ..." (Associated Press)
