Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses the twin goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting prosperity among the poorest 40 percent in lowand middle-income countries. The strategy is summed up in three words:grow, invest, and insure. He talks about the need to becreative and use all of the resources to leveragemuch-needed private sector investment to buildinfrastructure and create jobs. He promises that the WorldBank Group will continue to support governments and makeinvestments in a broad variety of areas in the fight againstextreme poverty in developing countries. He talks aboutempowering women through education for mothers to havehealthier children, and, when they have financial resources,they’re more likely to invest in the next generation. Hetalks about the most effective ways to encourage investmentin the extreme poor and improve health and educationalservice delivery, is accountability. He concludes by sayingthat the governments must be more accountable to citizens,and work to reduce arbitrary treatment at the hands ofsecurity forces and the demand for bribes from poor peoplewhich will help to minimize the likelihood of violentconflict and eliminate a driver of poverty.
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