Within Our Grasp [electronic resource] : A World Free of Poverty / Jim Yong Kim.

By: Kim, Jim YongContributor(s): Kim, Jim YongMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Speeches of World Bank Presidents | World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2013Description: 1 online resource (1 p.)Subject(s): Access to Education | Access to Finance | Aids | Civil Rights | Climate Change | Corruption | Credit | Developing Countries | Disasters | Economic Development | Economic Opportunities | Entrepreneurs | Equity | Finance | Finance and Financial Sector Development | Fiscal Policy | Food Security | Global Economy | Housing | Income Inequality | Inequality | International Finance | Irrigation | Job Creation | Knowledge | Malaria | Millennium Development Goals | Poverty | Poverty Line | Poverty Reduction | Pro-Poor Growth | Quality of Education | Sanitation | Social Responsibility | Vulnerable Groups | WomenOnline resources: Click here to access online Abstract: 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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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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