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VIDEO: World Bank and IMF cautious over growth
2013-04-16 11:22:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
As delegates from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund prepare for their Spring meetings, concerns remain about the global economic outlook.
World Bank president: We can end extreme poverty by 2030
2013-04-05 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: In two weeks, economic policymakers from around the world will gather in Washington, D.C., for the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings. As has been the case for the past five years, there will be much talk of economic crisis and of strategies to restore confidence, kick start growth, and create jobs. There is growing evidence that we are on the right track, but this agenda still requires much more work. The meetings, though, also offer an occasion to look beyond the short term crisis-fighting measures....
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VIDEO: World Bank chief sees end to poverty
2013-04-04 23:14:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Jim Yong Kim is urging direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth.
World Bank chief: global poverty bigger challenge than action on HIV
2013-04-04 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The president of the World Bank has warned that ending the worst of global poverty within a generation would prove a tougher challenge than tackling Aids, as he urged direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth. Jim Yong Kim, the former health activist chosen by Barack Obama to lead the Washington-based institution, said the goal of reducing the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day from 21% to 3% by 2030 was achievable but "extraordinarily difficult". Interviewed...
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Time for the World Bank to stop funding climate change
2013-04-03 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: World Bank President Dr. Kim has spoken repeatedly about the damages that climate change will inflict on our children and grandchildren and the poorest throughout the world. This is a welcome signal that he understands the consequences of climate change, so now is the time for Dr. Kim to lead the World Bank Group in following those words with its deeds. That is the message that nearly 60 development, environment, faith-based, human rights, and community groups conveyed in a letter to Dr. Kim today....
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