Remarks at Press Conference, Accra, Ghana, October 16, 2015
This is the transcript of the remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group at a press conference in Accra, Ghana. He discusses on the two goals, to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity to the bottom 40 percent in...
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| Format: | Speech |
| Language: | English en_US |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25884174/world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-remarks-press-conference-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24291 |
| Summary: | This is the transcript of the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group at a press conference in Accra, Ghana. He
discusses on the two goals, to end extreme poverty by 2030
and to boost shared prosperity to the bottom 40 percent in
developing countries. He talks about improving the
productivity of agriculture and making sure that every
industry, every person in Africa has access to energy to end
extreme poverty. He talks about the importance of investing
in the health and education of people for future economic
growth in developing countries. He commended Ghana on its
structural transformation, shift out of a solely
agricultural-focused economy and in one in which
non-agricultural self-employment and, to a lesser degree,
wage jobs have also become part of the economy. He
concludes by talking about taking action on improved and
fair, more just, more efficient tax systems and stopping
illicit financial flows, in order to benefit the development of the country. |
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