Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even… — Jim Yong Kim Growth 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… — Jim Yong Kim Able 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… — Jim Yong Kim Because 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… — Jim Yong Kim American 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 Business 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… — Jim Yong Kim Asset 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… — Jim Yong Kim Across 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 Bank 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… — Jim Yong Kim Am 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 Feel Copy Share Image
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank. — Jim Yong Kim Passion Copy Share Image
A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im… — Jim Yong Kim Change the world Copy Share Image
Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an… — Jim Yong Kim Country Copy Share Image
We are watching things happen with one degree changes in ocean temperature that we thought wouldn't happen until there were two or… — Jim Yong Kim Changes Copy Share Image
The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala fundamentally changes with meditation. — Jim Yong Kim Between Copy Share Image
If I care about poverty, I have to care a lot about investments in the private sector. The private sector creates the… — Jim Yong Kim About Copy Share Image
Look at the problem of drug-resistant TB in the world. Look at HIV in the world. What's going to be required for… — Jim Yong Kim Ability Copy Share Image
The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the… — Jim Yong Kim Carbon Copy Share Image
Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them. — Jim Yong Kim Challenges Copy Share Image
Institutionalized discrimination is bad for people and for societies. Widespread discrimination is also bad for economies. There is clear evidence that when… — Jim Yong Kim Also Copy Share Image
Carbon is the currency of how you measure climate change, but water will be the teeth. — Jim Yong Kim Carbon Copy Share Image
Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians. — Jim Yong Kim Benefit Copy Share Image
