Count on Us

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses fundamental issues in global development and the World Bank Group's role in helping countries and the private sector meet the greatest challenges in development. He speaks about the tw...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
Subjects:
GAS
AIR
CO2
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25870746/transcript-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim’s-speech-council-foreign-relations
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spelling okr-10986-243382021-04-23T14:04:21Z Count on Us Kim, Jim Yong EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BORROWER STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POWER PLANTS ECONOMIC GROWTH VILLAGES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE URBANIZATION PEOPLE TEMPERATURE CARBON DIOXIDE FINANCING STOCK CHEAP MONEY VILLAGE AMOUNT OF LOANS CARBON INTEREST LAWS GUARANTEES INDUSTRY OPTION STOCK MARKET WIND LIQUIDITY SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EMISSIONS INEQUALITIES PORTFOLIO FISCAL POLICY MORTGAGE LOAN GAS PROJECTS ETHANOL MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS CASH TRANSFER CORRUPTION PAYMENTS SAVING BENEFICIARIES AIR INSTRUMENTS ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES CARBON FOOTPRINT FISCAL POLICIES CO2 TOBACCO TAXES SAVINGS CREDIT RATINGS ENERGY SOURCES UNION INCOME GROWTH CAPACITY LOW INTEREST RATES FINANCES PRODUCTIVITY INTEREST RATES DEBT LAND RIGHTS LOANS FARMERS RESERVES PRIVATE EQUITY SUBSIDIES FINANCE GRANTS CARBON EMISSIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TAXES BANKS EQUITY GRANT EMISSION GOOD CAPITAL CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC INSTALLMENT STUDENT WOMAN FUTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE SOURCE OF INCOME DEVELOPMENT BANKS ELECTRICITY BANK CREDIT CLIMATE WIND ENERGY SMALLHOLDER INCOME DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT FOSSIL FUEL EXPENDITURES SMALLHOLDER FARMERS BALANCE SHEET MARKET PROFITABILITY GOVERNANCE INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LAND OCEANS SECURITY TURBULENCE INVESTMENT EXTREME POVERTY RISK HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY COAL FINANCIAL CAPACITY PRIVATE INVESTORS REVENUE INVESTMENTS LENDING CHECK RENEWABLE ENERGY FAMILIES WOMEN GOVERNMENTS FREEZE PRICES DEVELOPMENT BANK AUDITING ENERGY DEBT RELIEF INVESTING Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses fundamental issues in global development and the World Bank Group's role in helping countries and the private sector meet the greatest challenges in development. He speaks about the twin goals, to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity. Due to television, everyone knows how everyone else lives. We must not remain voluntarily blind to the impact of economic choices on the poor and vulnerable. He added that we must ensure that our economic progress does not irreparably compromise our children’s future due to climate change. World Bank’s lending capacity – or the amount of loans we can carry on our balance sheet -- will increase by $100 billion dollars in the next decade, to roughly $300 billion dollars. He concludes by saying that all parts of our global society must unite to translate the vision of a more just, sustainable economy into the resolute action. That will be our legacy to the future. Dr. Kim fielded questions. 2016-05-24T19:00:28Z 2016-05-24T19:00:28Z 2014-04-01 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25870746/transcript-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim’s-speech-council-foreign-relations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24338 English en_US Speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2014; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech
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topic EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
BORROWER
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
POWER PLANTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
VILLAGES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
URBANIZATION
PEOPLE
TEMPERATURE
CARBON DIOXIDE
FINANCING
STOCK
CHEAP MONEY
VILLAGE
AMOUNT OF LOANS
CARBON
INTEREST
LAWS
GUARANTEES
INDUSTRY
OPTION
STOCK MARKET
WIND
LIQUIDITY
SERVICES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EMISSIONS
INEQUALITIES
PORTFOLIO
FISCAL POLICY
MORTGAGE
LOAN
GAS
PROJECTS
ETHANOL
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
CASH TRANSFER
CORRUPTION
PAYMENTS
SAVING
BENEFICIARIES
AIR
INSTRUMENTS
ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
CARBON FOOTPRINT
FISCAL POLICIES
CO2
TOBACCO TAXES
SAVINGS
CREDIT RATINGS
ENERGY SOURCES
UNION
INCOME GROWTH
CAPACITY
LOW INTEREST RATES
FINANCES
PRODUCTIVITY
INTEREST RATES
DEBT
LAND RIGHTS
LOANS
FARMERS
RESERVES
PRIVATE EQUITY
SUBSIDIES
FINANCE
GRANTS
CARBON EMISSIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE
TAXES
BANKS
EQUITY
GRANT
EMISSION
GOOD
CAPITAL
CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
INSTALLMENT
STUDENT
WOMAN
FUTURE
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SOURCE OF INCOME
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
ELECTRICITY
BANK
CREDIT
CLIMATE
WIND ENERGY
SMALLHOLDER
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
CONTRACT
FOSSIL FUEL
EXPENDITURES
SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
BALANCE SHEET
MARKET
PROFITABILITY
GOVERNANCE
INSURANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
LAND
OCEANS
SECURITY
TURBULENCE
INVESTMENT
EXTREME POVERTY
RISK
HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY
COAL
FINANCIAL CAPACITY
PRIVATE INVESTORS
REVENUE
INVESTMENTS
LENDING
CHECK
RENEWABLE ENERGY
FAMILIES
WOMEN
GOVERNMENTS
FREEZE
PRICES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
AUDITING
ENERGY
DEBT RELIEF
INVESTING
spellingShingle EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
BORROWER
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
POWER PLANTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
VILLAGES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
URBANIZATION
PEOPLE
TEMPERATURE
CARBON DIOXIDE
FINANCING
STOCK
CHEAP MONEY
VILLAGE
AMOUNT OF LOANS
CARBON
INTEREST
LAWS
GUARANTEES
INDUSTRY
OPTION
STOCK MARKET
WIND
LIQUIDITY
SERVICES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EMISSIONS
INEQUALITIES
PORTFOLIO
FISCAL POLICY
MORTGAGE
LOAN
GAS
PROJECTS
ETHANOL
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
CASH TRANSFER
CORRUPTION
PAYMENTS
SAVING
BENEFICIARIES
AIR
INSTRUMENTS
ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
CARBON FOOTPRINT
FISCAL POLICIES
CO2
TOBACCO TAXES
SAVINGS
CREDIT RATINGS
ENERGY SOURCES
UNION
INCOME GROWTH
CAPACITY
LOW INTEREST RATES
FINANCES
PRODUCTIVITY
INTEREST RATES
DEBT
LAND RIGHTS
LOANS
FARMERS
RESERVES
PRIVATE EQUITY
SUBSIDIES
FINANCE
GRANTS
CARBON EMISSIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE
TAXES
BANKS
EQUITY
GRANT
EMISSION
GOOD
CAPITAL
CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
INSTALLMENT
STUDENT
WOMAN
FUTURE
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SOURCE OF INCOME
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
ELECTRICITY
BANK
CREDIT
CLIMATE
WIND ENERGY
SMALLHOLDER
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
CONTRACT
FOSSIL FUEL
EXPENDITURES
SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
BALANCE SHEET
MARKET
PROFITABILITY
GOVERNANCE
INSURANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
LAND
OCEANS
SECURITY
TURBULENCE
INVESTMENT
EXTREME POVERTY
RISK
HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY
COAL
FINANCIAL CAPACITY
PRIVATE INVESTORS
REVENUE
INVESTMENTS
LENDING
CHECK
RENEWABLE ENERGY
FAMILIES
WOMEN
GOVERNMENTS
FREEZE
PRICES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
AUDITING
ENERGY
DEBT RELIEF
INVESTING
Kim, Jim Yong
Count on Us
relation Speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2014;
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses fundamental issues in global development and the World Bank Group's role in helping countries and the private sector meet the greatest challenges in development. He speaks about the twin goals, to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity. Due to television, everyone knows how everyone else lives. We must not remain voluntarily blind to the impact of economic choices on the poor and vulnerable. He added that we must ensure that our economic progress does not irreparably compromise our children’s future due to climate change. World Bank’s lending capacity – or the amount of loans we can carry on our balance sheet -- will increase by $100 billion dollars in the next decade, to roughly $300 billion dollars. He concludes by saying that all parts of our global society must unite to translate the vision of a more just, sustainable economy into the resolute action. That will be our legacy to the future. Dr. Kim fielded questions.
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