James Wolfensohn, Former World Bank Chief And Champion Of The Poor, Dies At 86
The financier is credited with transforming the World Bank. Among his reforms, he is said to have given "voice to the poor and magnify the impact of development investments."
James Wolfensohn, whose reforms as the head of the World Bank Group for a decade made him known as a champion of the world's poor, died Tuesday in New York. He was 86.
The Sydney-born banker was president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005. Throughout his timeon Wednesday.
