Tag: Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong KimStrong private sector and creating jobs, the way out of poverty says World Bank
In developing countries, jobs are a cornerstone of development, with a pay off far beyond income alone. They are critical for reducing poverty, making cities work, and providing youth with alternatives to violence, says a new World Bank report.
Indian national named World Bank chief economist senior Vice-president
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment of Indian national Kaushik Basu as the institution’s new Chief Economist and Senior Vice President.
Global food prices index soars 10% in July: World Bank sound the alarm
Global food prices soared by 10% in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United States and Eastern Europe, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch report.
As world food-prices soar World Bank says it is ready to help countries
The World Bank on Monday said it stood ready to help governments respond to a broad-based run-up in grain prices that has again put the world’s poorest people at risk and could have lingering detrimental impacts for years.
World Bank warns that Euro debt crisis will have an impact on most regions
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday warned that most regions of the world will be hurt by the debt crisis enveloping the Euro zone and said it was vital to protect the strong economic gains of the past decade in the developing world.
New World Bank president pledges to help emerging markets keep expanding
Jim Yong Kim, who took over as World Bank president said his first task will be to help emerging markets keep expanding at a time of stress for the world economy.
US candidate Dr. Kim chosen World Bank president; takes office next July
US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the new president of the World Bank. The Korean-American health expert, president of Dartmouth College faced a strong challenge for the post, which has traditionally gone to an American, from Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
US World Bank candidate tells board of directors he is not afraid of ‘challenging orthodoxies’
Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to head the World Bank, told the bank's board of directors that he would not hesitate to question the status quo and do his best to help the world poorest.
US supports competition but confident its nominee will lead the World Bank
Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to lead the World Bank, will win broad international support despite an unprecedented challenge by candidates from emerging economies, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an interview.
US nominates public health expert of South Korean origin for World Bank top job
The United States has nominated a public health expert of South Korean origin as its candidate for the World Bank presidency, a job emerging market economies are contesting for the first time.
