Speech at the GSMA 2018 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain

Speech at the GSMA 2018 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about how mobile operators can and must play a critical role in achieving the two goals of the World Bank to end extreme poverty by 2030, and to boost shared prosperity among the poorest forty percent around the world. The World Bank Group asks...

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Main Author: Jim Yong Kim
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
BIG DATA
EXTREME POVERTY
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
INNOVATION
JOB CREATION
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
GARMENT FACTORIES
DIGITAL ECONOMY
SHARED PROSPERITY
ASPIRATIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/209991533560341442/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-the-GSMA-2018-mobile-world-congress
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spelling okr-10986-303092021-05-25T09:56:04Z Speech at the GSMA 2018 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain Jim Yong Kim BIG DATA EXTREME POVERTY TECHNOLOGY CHANGE INNOVATION JOB CREATION TEXTILE INDUSTRY GARMENT FACTORIES DIGITAL ECONOMY SHARED PROSPERITY ASPIRATIONS Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about how mobile operators can and must play a critical role in achieving the two goals of the World Bank to end extreme poverty by 2030, and to boost shared prosperity among the poorest forty percent around the world. The World Bank Group asks how can we give everyone a chance to reach their aspirations? We must begin – right now, with a tremendous sense of urgency – to rethink in a fundamental way how connectivity, big data, and new technologies can create new drivers of economic growth and opportunities for all. We will need to give people the chance to learn the new skills needed in a rapidly changing market. Our ambition for our partnership with Big Data for Social Good is to harness mobile data to improve every one of our health, environment, energy, transportation, and urban projects across the globe. 2018-08-27T16:22:58Z 2018-08-27T16:22:58Z 2018-02-26 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/209991533560341442/Speech-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-the-GSMA-2018-mobile-world-congress http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30309 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech
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topic BIG DATA
EXTREME POVERTY
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
INNOVATION
JOB CREATION
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
GARMENT FACTORIES
DIGITAL ECONOMY
SHARED PROSPERITY
ASPIRATIONS
spellingShingle BIG DATA
EXTREME POVERTY
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
INNOVATION
JOB CREATION
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
GARMENT FACTORIES
DIGITAL ECONOMY
SHARED PROSPERITY
ASPIRATIONS
Jim Yong Kim
Speech at the GSMA 2018 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about how mobile operators can and must play a critical role in achieving the two goals of the World Bank to end extreme poverty by 2030, and to boost shared prosperity among the poorest forty percent around the world. The World Bank Group asks how can we give everyone a chance to reach their aspirations? We must begin – right now, with a tremendous sense of urgency – to rethink in a fundamental way how connectivity, big data, and new technologies can create new drivers of economic growth and opportunities for all. We will need to give people the chance to learn the new skills needed in a rapidly changing market. Our ambition for our partnership with Big Data for Social Good is to harness mobile data to improve every one of our health, environment, energy, transportation, and urban projects across the globe.
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title_full_unstemmed Speech at the GSMA 2018 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain
title_sort speech at the gsma 2018 mobile world congress, barcelona, spain
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publishDate 2018
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