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Jim Yong Kim Opening Press Conference at the 2016 WBG/IMF Spring Meetings -Rough Transcript

14/4/2016/World Bank MR. DONNELLY:  Welcome to the opening press conference of the 2016 World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings.  My name is John Donnelly.  I’m the communications advisor for Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group.  I’ll be your moderator today.  Dr. Kim will open […]

Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2016

14/4/2016/World Bank As Prepared for Delivery April 14, 2016 Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 2016 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. I would like to first acknowledge our 189th member country — the Pacific island state of Nauru, which officially joined the […]

World Bank Group to Invest $2.5 Billion in Education Projects Benefiting Adolescent Girls

13/4/2016/World Bank World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced that the World Bank Group would invest $2.5 billion over 5 years in education projects that directly benefit adolescent girls, whose empowerment is central to the Bank Group’s development efforts. The announcement, made at the Let Girls Learn event […]