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World Bank aims to end extreme poverty by 2030
The proposal, put forward by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, sets an ambitious goal to reduce the number of people living on $1.25 a day to 3 percent or less of the world's population by 2030. #World Bank #NewsTracker #Poverty #Jim Yong Kim
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World Bank to provide $3-5 bn funding to India
During the year ended June 2012, the World Bank Group gave loan of $3.2 billion for various projects including National Mission Clean Ganga. #World Bank #NewsTracker #Jim Yong Kim #National Mission Clean Ganga
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World Bank chief to meet PM tomorrow, discuss India's growth challenges
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim's three-day India visit begins tomorrow and he will hold discussions with Prime Minister Manmonah Singh and other top leaders on development challenges being faced by the country. #Manmohan Singh #P. Chidambaram #World Bank #NewsTracker #Jim Yong Kim
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The Washington PostThe World Bank wants to fight climate change. Here are four ways it can help.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says he is determined to make a difference in the world’s response to global warming. In a major report last year , the bank warned that the globally agreed-upon goal of limiting the planet’s temperature increase to 2 de #World Bank #Kyte #International Monetary Fund
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The DartmouthNEWS: Spalding to depart Dartmouth
Senior vice president and senior advisor to the president David Spalding ’76 announced on Thursday that he will leave Dartmouth to become dean of Iowa State University’s College of Business, beginning Aug. 1. During his eight-year career at the College, #Iowa State University #James Wright #New Hampshire
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Harvard GazetteSteps against poverty
On Friday, two weeks after the World Bank Governors approved a major push to end poverty, Jim Yong Kim, M.D. ’91, Ph.D. ’93, president of the World Bank Group, described the plan to a Harvard audience in the Asia Center’s annual Tsai Lecture at the Scien #World Bank #World Health Organization #China