Economics
Indonesia’s Sri Mulyani Given Top World Bank Role
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Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who has been a candidate to head her nation’s central bank, was selected to be a top adviser to World Bank President Robert Zoellick.
Sri Mulyani, 47, will start June 1 as one of the Washington-based bank’s three managing directors, the highest rank under Zoellick, the World Bank said in a statement. Indonesia’s stocks tumbled after the announcement left it unclear who will be the next finance minister.