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Một câu hỏi cho toàn thế giới: Phải làm gì để chấm dứt đói nghèo?

Read this post in English, Español, Français, عربيChẳng phải ngày nào bạn cũng nhìn thấy một đoạn video chiếu đằng sau xe taxi ở thành phố New York đề nghị mọi người viết lên Twitter về việc chấm dứt...

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คำถามสำหรับคนทั้งโลก: จะทำอย่างไรเพื่อจะกำจัดความยากจนให้หมดไป

Read this post in English, Español, Français, عربيคงไม่ใช่ทุกวันที่คุณจะได้เห็นวีดีโอที่หลังรถแท็กซี่ในนครนิวยอร์กขอให้พวกเราทวีตเกี่ยวกับการกำจัดความยากจนทั่วโลก...

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A Question Going Global: What Will It Take to End Poverty?

Read this post in Español, Français, عربي, 中文, Tiẽng Việt, Bahasa Indonesia, ไทยIt’s not every day that you see a video in the back of a New York City taxicab asking people to tweet about ending global...

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Storify: What Will It Take to End Poverty?

This week, the World Bank launched a global conversation on social media centered around a question: what it will take to end poverty? People from around the world have begun responding using the...

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Compelling Ideas at the UN: Energy, Health, Education and #whatwillittake

Read this post in Español, Français, عربي, 中文UNITED NATIONS | It has been a week of inspiring ideas and action plans at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. I met with a number of world...

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The Reality About the Land Grab Issue and the World Bank Group

Read this post in Español, Français, عربيToday in Tokyo, on the side of our annual meetings where food security is a major issue being discussed, I had a few minutes to join Oxfam's session about land...

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Jim Yong Kim on ‘Restoring Growth, Spreading Prosperity’ as Annual Meetings Open

Read this post in Español, FrançaisA few weeks ago, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim started a global conversation on what it will take to end poverty, and invited the public to send him feedback. On...

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A Look at the #whatwillittake Wall in Tokyo

Our global conversation on “What Will It Take to End Poverty” has been woven throughout the 2012 Annual Meetings this week.  As part of the effort, we asked people attending the meetings in Tokyo to...

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Jim Yong Kim Visits Quake Reconstruction Sites in China’s Sichuan Province

YUNXI TOWN, Yantang County, China—More than three years after a devastating earthquake hit Sichuan Province, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim toured four reconstruction sites, including stops...

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World AIDS Day 2012: Looking to the Future, Learning From the Past

Read this post in Español, Français, عربيAlthough I have committed much of my career to the global fight against HIV and AIDS, this year's World AIDS Day is a special one for me in two ways. First,...

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A Look Back at 2012: Year in Review

Read this post in FrançaisAs 2012 draws to a close, we're looking back at some key moments in the Bank's work this year. From financial inclusion to food prices to #whatwillittake and more, explore...

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What Do Iceland and Kenya Have in Common? Lots of Clean and Renewable...

Read this post in Español, Français, 中文, عربيWalking out of Keflavik airport as the arctic breeze hit my face at 50 km per hour, I thought to myself, “I love my job.”  A job that makes a tropical...

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In India, Ganges River Cleanup is Part of Poverty Fight

Video PlatformVideo ManagementVideo SolutionsVideo PlayerKANPUR, India -- I traveled to the banks of the Ganges River today to look at an Indian government initiative, supported by the World Bank...

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In Afghanistan, Recognizing Success, and Challenges Ahead

Video PlatformVideo ManagementVideo SolutionsVideo PlayerKABUL -- On my first trip to Afghanistan as World Bank Group president, I met with many of the country's senior leaders, including President...

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A Chance to Make History: Achieving a World Free of Poverty

In two weeks, economic policymakers from around the world will gather in Washington, D.C., for the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings. As has been the case for the past five years, there will be much talk...

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Learning from Data-Driven Delivery

Given confusion around the phrase “science of delivery,” it’s important to state that delivery science is not a “one-size-fits-all” prescription based on the premise that what works somewhere can work...

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A Year of Opportunity to Combat Climate Change — and Transform Economies

​Scientists declared this past year as the warmest year on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, and a series of scientific reports found glaciers melting and extreme weather events intensifying....

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Think you’re a wiz? Take The World Bank Group A to Z quiz

Think you know all there is to know about the largest anti-poverty organization in the world? Prove it. Take the quiz below to find out if you’re an aspiring, newbie, seasoned, or expert World Banker....

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Economic growth and climate action – a formula for a low carbon world

Most people now realize the cost of inaction to deal with climate change is far higher than the cost of action. The challenge is mustering the political will to make smart policy choices. A new report...

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Storify: What Will It Take to End Poverty?

This week, the World Bank launched a global conversation on social media centered around a question: what it will take to end poverty? People from around the world have begun responding using the...

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