Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
Growing economies are critical; we will never be able to end poverty unless economies are growing. We also need to find ways of growing… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
If you look at three diseases, the three major killers, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, the only disease for which we have really good drugs… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
