WASHINGTON -- World Bank President Jim Yong Kim's sudden decision to resign marks the end of what insiders describe as a tenure caught between the Trump administration's attacks on funding for international bodies and the organization's resistance to cutting costs.
International relations
Isolated World Bank chief faced heat on cost cuts and China
Jim Yong Kim squeezed by US demands and internal pushback
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, left, greets Chinese President Xi Jinping and Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan, at a Beijing event in 2017. The Trump administration has been critical of the bank's financing to China under Kim. © Reuters
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