The United States candidate for the presidency of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, is visiting Abidjan, the first stage of a world tour where he will seek to convince emerging countries. who want to have more influence in international institutions. of his candidature. Banga considers it necessary for the institution to mobilise private money to meet the growing need for financing in the world. "How can you not work well with a continent that has so many young people whose aspirations and optimism excite all of us?" he says in an interview with AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES