Media Q and A at G20 Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, November 14, 2014

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses setting a clear target for growth. He is pleased with the focus on infrastructure. The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank plus others, together will supply about $100 billion in support for infrastructure. Kim fielded questions about the fight against Ebola, the proposal for a contingency fund to prevent future outbreaks, developing country expectations of the G20 summit, inequality, the Global Infrastructure Facility, and the China-US pact and climate change.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2014-11-14
Subjects:INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, PLEDGES, DEFICIT, RISKS, EMERGENCY, BOND MARKETS, GOOD, CLIMATE CHANGE, PANDEMICS, FUTURE, INCOME, INTEREST, HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, BANK, BANK GOVERNORS, INVESTMENT BANK, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL POPULATION, OUTBREAKS, HEALTH, FLU PANDEMIC, EPIDEMIC, PRICE, MARKET, POLICY, REST, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, INSTRUMENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, INSURANCE, NEW INFECTIONS, VACCINES, CENTRAL BANK, TECHNICAL CAPACITY, PANDEMIC, DISEASE, GLOBAL ECONOMY, INVESTMENT, RISK, BOND, INTERNATIONAL BOND MARKETS, INCOME GROWTH, BANKING, INFECTIONS, ALL, POPULATION, INTERNATIONAL BOND, MONETARY FUND, EMERGENCIES, MARKETS, EBOLA, MEDICINES, VACCINE, OUTBREAK, GLOBAL HEALTH, EPIDEMICS, INSURANCE POLICY, FINANCE, DEVELOPMENT BANK, BANKS, COMPETITION,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876401/world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kims-q-media-g20-meeting
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24313
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