Tag: Jim Yong Kim

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 04:26 UTC
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim returns to Peru, praises social development

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is in Peru this week, returning to the place where he says his interest in poverty reduction was first piqued.
Friday, June 21st 2013 - 16:52 UTC
World Bank preparing for when US begins to slow money creation

The World Bank is concerned about the spill-over effects on developing countries of a slowing of US money creation and will move to provide affordable capital when borrowing costs rise.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 05:58 UTC
Strong 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.
Saturday, September 8th 2012 - 06:41 UTC
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.
Friday, August 31st 2012 - 04:46 UTC
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.
Monday, July 30th 2012 - 23:28 UTC
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.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:34 UTC
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.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:56 UTC
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.
Tuesday, April 17th 2012 - 00:28 UTC
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.
Thursday, April 12th 2012 - 01:04 UTC
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.