Publication: Speech at the 2017 Annual Meetings Plenary
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2017-10-13
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2019-01-07
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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the following topics: 1) actions needed to grow the economies and compete in what will be a more complex, demanding, and digitized future; 2) three ways to end extreme poverty by 2030, and boost shared prosperity among the poorest 40 percent around the world: a) accelerating inclusive, sustainable economic growth, b) building resilience to shocks and threats, and c) investing more and more effectively in people.
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“Kim, Jim Yong. 2017. Speech at the 2017 Annual Meetings Plenary. Delivered in Washington, DC, October 13, 2017;. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31116 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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