Thinking Quotes by Jim Yong Kim

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

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

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

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

I've always been engaged in social protection programmes.

— Jim Yong Kim

We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.

— Jim Yong Kim

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

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

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

— Jim Yong Kim

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

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

— Jim Yong Kim

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

— Jim Yong Kim