Positioning Speech by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the 2018 Spring Meeting, American University

This report discusses the positioning speech by the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the 2018 Spring Meeting, American University. He spoke about how before 1800, everybody was poor and lived in poverty. He referred to the young people now who may not own a smart phone, but who have access to smart phones and by 2025, as many analysts are saying, the entire world will have access to broadband. He examined three ways to end extreme poverty, that is, people living under 1.90 US dollars a day, by 2030. The first, focusing on inclusive, meaning everyone benefits; sustainable, meaning that it doesn't destroy the planet inclusive, sustainable economic growth. The second, to focus on fostering resilience to those kinds of problems in the world that affect more and more people like, pandemics, climate change, refugees, fragility, conflict, and violence. And finally, the third was to invest more and more effectively in people.