Jim Yong Kim

UN Secretary’s visit highlights need of funding in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

by News Hour Correspondent - Jul 4, 2018

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called on the world to support Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, where IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and UN partner agencies urgently need new funding...
UN and World Bank announce initiative to ramp up finance for climate action

by News Hour Correspondent - Sep 30, 2017

News Hour United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced plans to accelerate the flow of finance for climate action through a new platform dedicated to identifying and...
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim effectively won a second five-year term

by News Hour Correspondent - Sep 15, 2016

News Hour: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim effectively won a second five-year term after nominations to lead the global development bank closed on Wednesday with no other candidates proposed. The World Bank executive board said...
World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim to visit China

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 19, 2016

News Hour: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will visit China from July 19-24 to expand cooperation in areas such as health sector reform and global economic sustainability. During his visit, Dr. Kim will launch...
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim visits India

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jun 29, 2016

News Hour: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in New Delhi tomorrow on a two-day visit to the country to review the progress on the priority areas for World Bank support that Indian Prime...
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim to visit India

by Mehrab Masayeed Habib - Jun 27, 2016

News Hour: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in New Delhi tomorrow on a two-day visit to the country to review the progress on the priority areas for World Bank support that Indian Prime...