Jim Yong Kim

Quotes

• “In 1990, East Asia, South Asia, and Africa all had the same percentage of people living in extreme poverty: 55 percent. Now, East Asia is at ten percent, and South Asia has gone down to 30 percent. In Africa, it’s still 55 percent. Why did we succeed in East Asia, and why are we falling behind in Africa? This year, we’re going to be lending over $60 billion. That seems like a lot of money, but every year, sub-Saharan Africa requires about $100 billion in new investment in infrastructure.”
• “In the private sector, companies have experts running all over the place figuring out the details of how to solve particular problems, and then they share them with the rest of the organization. But in global health, global education, or global development, that’s been really difficult to do.”
• “We think it’s extremely important to have lots of feedback and input from civil society organizations. Something broad like, Does democracy lead to growth? -- these are very difficult questions to answer. It’s almost academic.”
• “China and India played a much larger role than they did before in providing these funds for the poorest countries.”
• “I have very clear ideas about what it’s going to take to end extreme poverty and to share prosperity. In fact, this is what I’ve been doing my whole life. I feel like I’m here for a reason.”
• “We’re interested in the peace but we understand that peace, justice and development go hand in hand. And I think we sent that message very strongly.”

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Key facts

Chief executive

Kristalina Georgieva

Preceded by

Robert Zoellick

Succeeded by

Kristalina Georgieva (Acting)

Born

( 1959-12-08 ) December 8, 1959 (age 66) , Seoul , South Korea

Party

Democratic

Spouse

Younsook Lim

Education

University of Iowa (attended), Brown University ( BS ), Harvard University ( MD , PhD )

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