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Can this former CEO fix the World Bank and solve the world's climate finance and debt crises as the institution's next president?

Written by Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University

Ajay Banga is expected to become the next World Bank president.Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images

Over the past two years, a drumbeat of calls for reforming the World Bank has pushed its way onto the front pages of major newspapers and the agenda of heads of state.

Many low- and middle-income countries – the population the World Bank is tasked...

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