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Billions to Trillions : Ideas to Actions / Jim Yong Kim.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Jim Yong.
- Series:
- Speeches of World Bank Presidents
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Developing Countries.
- Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness.
- Finance.
- Finance and Development.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial Institutions.
- Health.
- International Financial Institutions.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Millennium Development Goals.
- Official Development Assistance.
- Partnerships.
- Poverty.
- Private Sector.
- Technical Assistance.
- Local Subjects:
- Developing Countries.
- Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness.
- Finance.
- Finance and Development.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial Institutions.
- Health.
- International Financial Institutions.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Millennium Development Goals.
- Official Development Assistance.
- Partnerships.
- Poverty.
- Private Sector.
- Technical Assistance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages)
- Other Title:
- Billions to Trillions
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, focus on moving from ideas to action for mobilizing trillions of dollars needed for development. He notes that with the end of the Millennium Development Goals and the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals comes an opportunity to make important changes in how we approach development. He suggests exploring ways to use our shareholder capital, innovative financing solutions, knowledge, and convening power to catalyze and crowd-in trillions of public and private sector dollars. The flexibility of the MDB model, which allows us to leverage these investments through the development of innovative solutions to global challenges. To go from billions in official assistance to trillions in investments, we will have to push even further our willingness to collaborate through creative partnerships.
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