Within Our Grasp : A World Free of Poverty
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses the opportunity to create a world free from the stain of poverty and economic exclusion. He states that the environmental challenge is a fundamental threat to economic development and the fight against...
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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/2016/02/25864770/within-grasp-world-free-poverty-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim’s-speech-georgetown-university http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24351 |
| Summary: | Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group
discusses the opportunity to create a
world free from the stain of poverty and economic exclusion. He states that the
environmental challenge is a fundamental threat to
economic development and the fight against poverty in the
world. He believes that assuring growth is inclusive is both
a moral imperative and a crucial condition for sustained
economic development for any country. The
World Bank Group is now working on a revamped strategy to
significantly strengthen our climate change interventions
and help catalyze urgent action among global partners on the
scale required. Progress is never inevitable. He concludes by saying that if we act today,
if we work relentlessly toward these goals of ending extreme
poverty and boosting shared prosperity, we have the
opportunity to create a world for our children which is
defined not by stark inequities but by soaring opportunities. |
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