Jim Yong Kim: Quotes about the world

Jim Yong Kim is Korean-American physician and anthropologist, 12th President of the World Bank. Explore interesting quotes on world.

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“We’re thinking about other ways we can bring the organizations together. It was always intended that the UN, a political organization focused on justice and development, would work together with the financial organizations in order to make the world a better place.”

UN News Centre, Interview with Jim Yong Kim, 7 October 13

“We are trying to end poverty in the world by 2030 and we’re going to focus especially on the well-being of the bottom 40 per cent of every country.”

UN News Centre, Interview with Jim Yong Kim, 7 October 13

“So the fact that I had worked in more than a dozen countries and have been working for 25 years trying to implement health, education and social protection programmes, I think really helped me inside the World Bank Group and helped me to feel a sense of closeness to our frontline staff. But it’s a complicated organization… I’m still learning… and the ethnography will continue until I’m done with my work at the World Bank Group.”

UN News Centre, Interview with Jim Yong Kim, 7 October 13

“If we can unlock the full potential of the World Bank Group staff, I think we can have an even more transformational impact in country after country in the world.”

UN News Centre, Interview with Jim Yong Kim, 7 October 13