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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses how the
World Bank is focused on a prosperity that is shared by
everyone, and to lift the billion or so people living in
extreme poverty out of that condition so that they can have
those things that everybody in the world seems to want. He
speaks about the inequality in the economic growth of the
countries around the world. He highlights the health care
and education sectors as essential to improving lives in developing
countries. He points to the fact that the time is now to
think about positive ways of moving in a direction to grow
economies and at the same time, increase the participation
of everyone. He talks about how the World Bank Group is working very hard
now to reduce bureaucratic processes so that people in
the countries feel a difference. He speaks about climate
change and the challenges involved in tackling it. He
concludes by saying that they're looking at every
possible way of investing in people, of spurring innovation.
