Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses promoting strong economic growth in developing countries. He speaks about the need to invest in people, especially in education, health and to build social safety nets and protections against both natural disasters...
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okr-10986-243062021-04-23T14:04:21Z Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 Kim, Jim Yong GROWTH RATES MONETARY POLICY CAPITAL MARKETS ECONOMIC GROWTH LOCAL ECONOMY INCOME INTEREST INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRY STRATEGIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT BORROWING HEALTH CARE EXPORTERS PROJECTS SUBSIDY MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS TAX INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SAFETY NETS COMMUNICATIONS OIL PRICES INDEBTEDNESS GLOBAL ECONOMY TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES INTEREST RATES OPTIONS PRODUCTIVITY MONETARY FUND NATURAL DISASTERS MARKETS PRIVATE INVESTMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION DIRECT INVESTMENT LABOR LOANS BORROWING COSTS SUBSIDIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK EXPENDITURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTORS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS GOOD POLICIES BARRIERS POLITICAL SPHERE FUTURE VALUE DEVELOPMENT BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BANK BUDGETS DEVELOPING WORLD INVESTMENT BANK MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INCOMES EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS EXPORTER GOVERNANCE HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION TRADE INVESTOR LAND BANK LOANS EDUCATION INVESTMENT RISK POVERTY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BANKING CAPITAL INFLOWS FINANCIAL SUPPORT INVESTMENTS LENDING GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNICATION FOOD PRICES LABOR MARKETS GOVERNMENTS COMMODITY PRICES COMMODITY COOPERATIVE PRICES DEVELOPMENT BANK LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING GROWTH COMPETITION POOR HOUSEHOLDS Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses promoting strong economic growth in developing countries. He speaks about the need to invest in people, especially in education, health and to build social safety nets and protections against both natural disasters and pandemics to ensure that people don't remain trapped in extreme poverty. He talks about the challenges in trying to work in all kinds of complex political situations, so that whatever happens to be going on in the political sphere, we can continue to work to lift people out of poverty and boost shared prosperity. He talks about multilateralism that is always complicated and is always fraught with disagreements. He promises to continue to try to engage with governments to have that impact. He mentioned reports released about the Bank’s resettlement history. The transcript includes the Q&A session. 2016-05-20T19:18:14Z 2016-05-20T19:18:14Z 2015-04-16 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876846/transcript-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kims-remarks-world-bank-international-monetary-fund-imf-spring-meetings-2015-opening-press-conference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24306 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech |
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GROWTH RATES MONETARY POLICY CAPITAL MARKETS ECONOMIC GROWTH LOCAL ECONOMY INCOME INTEREST INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRY STRATEGIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT BORROWING HEALTH CARE EXPORTERS PROJECTS SUBSIDY MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS TAX INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SAFETY NETS COMMUNICATIONS OIL PRICES INDEBTEDNESS GLOBAL ECONOMY TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES INTEREST RATES OPTIONS PRODUCTIVITY MONETARY FUND NATURAL DISASTERS MARKETS PRIVATE INVESTMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION DIRECT INVESTMENT LABOR LOANS BORROWING COSTS SUBSIDIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK EXPENDITURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTORS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS GOOD POLICIES BARRIERS POLITICAL SPHERE FUTURE VALUE DEVELOPMENT BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BANK BUDGETS DEVELOPING WORLD INVESTMENT BANK MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INCOMES EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS EXPORTER GOVERNANCE HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION TRADE INVESTOR LAND BANK LOANS EDUCATION INVESTMENT RISK POVERTY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BANKING CAPITAL INFLOWS FINANCIAL SUPPORT INVESTMENTS LENDING GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNICATION FOOD PRICES LABOR MARKETS GOVERNMENTS COMMODITY PRICES COMMODITY COOPERATIVE PRICES DEVELOPMENT BANK LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING GROWTH COMPETITION POOR HOUSEHOLDS |
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GROWTH RATES MONETARY POLICY CAPITAL MARKETS ECONOMIC GROWTH LOCAL ECONOMY INCOME INTEREST INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRY STRATEGIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT BORROWING HEALTH CARE EXPORTERS PROJECTS SUBSIDY MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS TAX INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SAFETY NETS COMMUNICATIONS OIL PRICES INDEBTEDNESS GLOBAL ECONOMY TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES INTEREST RATES OPTIONS PRODUCTIVITY MONETARY FUND NATURAL DISASTERS MARKETS PRIVATE INVESTMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION DIRECT INVESTMENT LABOR LOANS BORROWING COSTS SUBSIDIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK EXPENDITURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTORS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS GOOD POLICIES BARRIERS POLITICAL SPHERE FUTURE VALUE DEVELOPMENT BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BANK BUDGETS DEVELOPING WORLD INVESTMENT BANK MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INCOMES EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS EXPORTER GOVERNANCE HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION TRADE INVESTOR LAND BANK LOANS EDUCATION INVESTMENT RISK POVERTY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BANKING CAPITAL INFLOWS FINANCIAL SUPPORT INVESTMENTS LENDING GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNICATION FOOD PRICES LABOR MARKETS GOVERNMENTS COMMODITY PRICES COMMODITY COOPERATIVE PRICES DEVELOPMENT BANK LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING GROWTH COMPETITION POOR HOUSEHOLDS Kim, Jim Yong Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 |
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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses promoting strong economic growth in developing countries. He speaks about the need to invest in people,
especially in education, health and to build social safety
nets and protections against both natural disasters and
pandemics to ensure that people don't remain trapped in
extreme poverty. He talks about the challenges in trying to
work in all kinds of complex political situations, so that
whatever happens to be going on in the political sphere, we
can continue to work to lift people out of poverty and boost
shared prosperity. He talks about multilateralism that is
always complicated and is always fraught with disagreements.
He promises to continue to try to engage with governments
to have that impact. He mentioned reports released about the Bank’s resettlement history. The transcript includes the Q&A session. |
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Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 |
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Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 |
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Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 |
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Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 |
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Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 |
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remarks at opening press conference, world bank/imf spring meetings, washington, dc, april 16, 2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876846/transcript-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kims-remarks-world-bank-international-monetary-fund-imf-spring-meetings-2015-opening-press-conference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24306 |
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