Top 32 Quotes by Jim Yong Kim

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I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

Jim Yong Kim

Social media has changed the world forever. We're not going to go backwards. People are not going to accept being poor, accept being excluded anymore.

Social media has changed the world forever. We're not going to go backwards. People are not going to accept being poor, accept being excluded anymore.

Jim Yong Kim

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Jim Yong Kim

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

Jim Yong Kim

I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of its staff. We have fantastic staff. People told me as I was coming into the organization that the greatest asset of the World Bank Group is its staff, and I think there's no question that that's the case.

Jim Yong Kim

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

Jim Yong Kim

Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to tackle these great human problems.

Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to tackle these great human problems.

Jim Yong Kim

In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.

In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.

Jim Yong Kim

A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'

A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'

Jim Yong Kim

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

Jim Yong Kim

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