Remarks at Opening Press Conference, World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC, April 16, 2015 [electronic resource] / 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, 2015Description: 1 online resource (1 p.)Subject(s): Access to Finance | Business Environment | Capital Markets | Commodity Prices | Competition | Debt Markets | Developed Countries | Developing Countries | Economic Development | Expenditures | Exporters | Finance | Finance and Financial Sector Development | Foreign Direct Investment | Global Economy | Human Rights | Infrastructure | Infrastructure Investment | Interest Rates | Land | Legislation | Loans | Local Government | Low-Income Countries | Monetary Policy | Multilateral Development Banks | Natural Disasters | Poverty | Poverty Reduction | Private Investment | Pro-Poor Growth | Productivity | Risk | Social Safety Nets | Telecommunications | TradeOnline resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses promoting strong economic growth in developing countries. He speaks about the need to invest in people, especially in education, health and to build social safety nets and protections against both natural disasters and pandemics to ensure that people don't remain trapped in extreme poverty. He talks about the challenges in trying to work in all kinds of complex political situations, so that whatever happens to be going on in the political sphere, we can continue to work to lift people out of poverty and boost shared prosperity. He talks about multilateralism that is always complicated and is always fraught with disagreements. He promises to continue to try to engage with governments to have that impact. He mentioned reports released about the Bank's resettlement history. The transcript includes the Q&A session.
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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses promoting strong economic growth in developing countries. He speaks about the need to invest in people, especially in education, health and to build social safety nets and protections against both natural disasters and pandemics to ensure that people don't remain trapped in extreme poverty. He talks about the challenges in trying to work in all kinds of complex political situations, so that whatever happens to be going on in the political sphere, we can continue to work to lift people out of poverty and boost shared prosperity. He talks about multilateralism that is always complicated and is always fraught with disagreements. He promises to continue to try to engage with governments to have that impact. He mentioned reports released about the Bank's resettlement history. The transcript includes the Q&A session.

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