Remarks at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2013
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, talks about the goal to get the rates of poverty down below three percent by 2030. Economic growth is critical, especially in the private sector, in developing countries. He expresses the need for pr...
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| Format: | Speech |
| Language: | English en_US |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25865776/world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim’s-remarks-united-states-global-leadership-coalition-annual-conference http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24347 |
| Summary: | Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, talks about the goal to
get the rates of poverty down
below three percent by 2030. Economic growth
is critical, especially in the private sector, in
developing countries. He expresses the need for private
sector investment and to do this in close cooperation with
the Official Development Assistance
that’s going into these countries. He discusses battling climate change, and the
need for social movements in developing countries to make it happen. He then fielded questions on business myopia, results-oriented approach, corruption, and education. |
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