The head of the World Bank is pushing a terrifying prediction for jobs in developing countries

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May 1, 2017 10:23 PM

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said about two-thirds of jobs in the developing world may be lost to automation.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim listens to opening remarks at the Development Committee's news conference during the IMF and World Bank's annual meetings in Washington, October 11, 2014.

LOS ANGELES – World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said about two-thirds of jobs in the developing world may be lost to automation.

Kim made the comments during a presentation on May 1 at t

The prediction isn't new, as such. His comments at the Milken event echo those he made at the

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