Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Groupdiscusses the opportunity to create aworld free from the stain of poverty and economic exclusion. He states that the environmental challenge is a fundamental threat toeconomic development and the fight against poverty in theworld. He believes that assuring growth is inclusive is botha moral imperative and a crucial condition for sustainedeconomic development for any country. TheWorld Bank Group is now working on a revamped strategy tosignificantly strengthen our climate change interventionsand help catalyze urgent action among global partners on thescale required. Progress is never inevitable. He concludes by saying that if we act today,if we work relentlessly toward these goals of ending extremepoverty and boosting shared prosperity, we have theopportunity to create a world for our children which isdefined not by stark inequities but by soaring opportunities.
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