- published: 20 Oct 2014
- views: 11035
Jim Yong Kim MD, PhD, also known as Kim Yong (Hangul: 김용; born December 8, 1959), is a South Korean and American physician and anthropologist who has served as the 12th President of the World Bank since July 1, 2012.
A global health leader, he was formerly the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health before serving as the President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012, becoming the first Asian American president of an Ivy League institution.
Kim was named the world's 50th most powerful person by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People in 2013.
Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1959, Jim Yong Kim immigrated with his family to the U.S. at the age of five and grew up in Muscatine, Iowa. His father taught dentistry at the University of Iowa, while his mother received her PhD in philosophy. Kim attended Muscatine High School, where he was valedictorian, president of his class, and played both quarterback for the football team and point guard on the basketball team. After a year and a half at the University of Iowa, he transferred to Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in human biology in 1982. He was awarded an M.D. at Harvard Medical School in 1991, and a PhD in anthropology at Harvard University in 1993. He was among the first enrollees of Harvard's experimental MD/PhD program in the social sciences.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jim talks about his vision of transformation for development, drawing on his personal experience as an activist and an AIDs researcher. He shares why ending poverty is possible in our lifetimes and concludes that the poor will not always be with us. Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D. is the President of the World Bank Group. Soon after he became president in July 2012, the organization established two goals: ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries. Kim’s career has been focused on health, education, and delivering services to the poor. Before joining the World Bank, he served as Presi- dent of Dartmouth College and held...
On October 3, Brookings hosted World Bank President Jim Yong Kim who spoke about the links between growth, poverty and inequality, the changing face of poverty, and the role the World Bank Group can play in continuing the story of progress in global development. https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-world-bank-groups-mission-to-end-extreme-poverty-a-conversation-with-president-jim-yong-kim/ (Transcript available) Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution
Twenty years ago, Jim Yong Kim was an activist calling for the abolition of the World Bank. Today, he’s its president. VICE News met with Kim to discuss the World Bank’s past efforts to fight poverty and its struggle to stay relevant in a changing world. Watch "How the US Workforce is Changing - The Business of Life (Episode 1)” - http://bit.ly/1I4IvVW Read "Do We Need a Global Tax on Wealth?” - http://bit.ly/1OkN6Iy Read "Workers at Nationwide 'Fight for $15' Rallies Demand Higher Minimum Wages” - http://bit.ly/1Gpt34D Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram:...
"By 2030, we will be the first generation in human history to end extreme poverty," shared World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Stanford Global Development and Poverty Initiative's inaugural "Shared Prosperity and Health" conference on October 29, 2015. During his keynote, Kim argued that both individuals and society as a whole benefit when public and private actors invest in global health and development. Learn more about the conference here: http://stanford.io/1ku4XPR. Read more takeaways from his talk on Twitter: http://stanford.io/1ku52TC.
Britain's exit from the European Union has led to "economic uncertainty which is not good but India seems to be doing quite well," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has told NDTV in his first comments since Brexit. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Dr Kim, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today in Delhi, said he was concerned by the uncertainty in the world economy. "The uncertainty has led to fluctuations in currency, we see that UK has been downgraded two notches by one of the ratings agencies and this is very serious...to go down two notches at the same time. I am concerned, but unfortunately, right now we don't know which direction it's going to go." He also cautioned countries on turning "inward", saying multilateralism is critical. "Multilateralism is one of the great ...
President Obama discusses his nomination of Jim Yong Kim, a physician, anthropologist, co-founder of Partners in Health, and leader of the WHO HIV/AIDS campaign, to be President of the World Bank. March 23, 2012.
Via Mashable: "President Obama's nominee for president of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Young Kim, has held two jobs in the past three years: president of Dartmouth College and, apparently, rapping astronaut...".* The Young Turks host breaks down video of Kim's performance at the Dartmouth College 'Dartmouth Idol' event. * http://mashable.com/2012/03/23/jim-young-kim-rapping-dartmouth-video/ Subscribe to The Young Turks: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: http://www.gplus.to/TheYoungTurks Facebook: Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyoungturks
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in an exclusive conversation with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan.
As a prelude to the 2015 World Bank annual meeting, the president of the World Bank Group, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, will present new data from over a half-century of development practice on what works in reducing economic inequalities and boosting the incomes of the world’s poor. With USIP President Nancy Lindborg, President Kim also will examine how economic development can work in tandem with peacebuilding efforts to build more sustainably peaceful societies.
In a wide-ranging conversation, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim discusses the Europe crisis, the risks to developing countries, his aim to end poverty, and China's transition from borrower to leader with Tokyo bureau chief Jacob M. Schlesinger.
News & Politics - The Ezra Klein Show - Ep #6: Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat the world's poor This was an amazing interview.Jim Yong Kim is the president of the World Bank — the massive, multilateral institution dedicated to eradicating poverty. But Kim is also a public-health legend: he was a co-founder of Partners in Health, which revolutionized how we treat the world's poor. He's won a MacArthur Genius award, chaired the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, led Dartmouth University, and been named one of the 50 most powerful people in the world by Forbes Magazine.It's a pretty solid resume. But solid resumes don't make for great conversations, and this was, to my delight, a truly great conversation. Kim talks in detail about the alie...
In this interview you can hear the director of The World Bank, Jim Yong Kim. Kim explains why the institution that he leads cannot give more credit to developing countries
Keynote Address Dr. Jim Yong Kim – President, World Bank Group, @WorldBank
Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim speaks at the annual Korean American Community Foundation gala, held Oct. 21, 2009 in New York. Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim speaks at the annual Korean American Community Foundation gala, held Oct. 21, 2009 in New York. Jim Yong Kim, MD, .
Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Spaulding Auditorium events introducing Jim Yong Kim as President of Dartmouth College, March 2, 2009. Spaulding Auditorium events introducing Jim Yong Kim as President of Dartmouth College, March 2, 2009. Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter . Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Spaulding Auditorium events introducing Jim Yong Kim as President of Dartmouth College, March .
Dartmouth's President-elect Dr. Jim Yong Kim gave a public lecture titled Tackling the World's Troubles: Global Health and the Challenge for Dartmouth on May . Dartmouth's President-elect Dr. Jim Yong Kim gave a public lecture titled Tackling the World's Troubles: Global Health and the Challenge for Dartmouth on May . As part of their orientation to Dartmouth, members of the Class of 2013, were assigned a summer reading project. The subject of the assignment: Tracy Kidder's . Your theory of mind affects your performance, College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29, 2010 during his Presidential Lecture in .
Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Dartmouth's President-elect Dr. Jim Yong Kim gave a public lecture titled Tackling the World's . Dartmouth's President-elect Dr. Jim Yong Kim gave a public lecture titled Tackling the World's Troubles: Global Health and the Challenge for Dartmouth on May .
Your theory of mind affects your performance, College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29, 2010 during his Presidential Lecture in . Your theory of mind affects your performance, College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29, 2010 during his Presidential Lecture in . Your theory of mind affects your performance, College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29, 2010 during his Presidential Lecture in . Your theory of mind affects your performance, College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29, 2010 during his Presidential Lecture in .
Spaulding Auditorium events introducing Jim Yong Kim as President of Dartmouth College, March 2, 2009. Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Spaulding Auditorium events introducing Jim Yong Kim as President of Dartmouth College, March 2, 2009. Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter . Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Spaulding Auditorium events introducing Jim Yong Kim as President of Dartmouth College, March .
Introduction, Community Response, and Views from the President-elect. Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - Twitter - Flickr . Introduction, Community Response, and Views from the President-elect. Dartmouth's President-elect Dr. Jim Yong Kim gave a public lecture titled Tackling the World's Troubles: Global Health and the Challenge for Dartmouth on May .
Earlier today, World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim delivered a highly inspiring and activating first Joep Lange Institute lecture about tackling the global health challenges of our time. After referencing the feats of activists like Joep Lange, Kim deliberately focused his attention on the activists of the future, confronting the audience with the ‘fierce urgency of now.’ On 5 July,, World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim delivered a highly inspiring and activating first Joep Lange Institute lecture about tackling the global health challenges of our time. After referencing the feats of activists like Joep Lange, Kim deliberately focused his attention on the activists of the future, confronting the audience with the ‘fierce urgency of now.’ During each event the Institute wil...
Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim speaks at the annual Korean American Community Foundation gala, held Oct. 21, 2009 in New York.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, speaks with Economic Club president David M. Rubenstein on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
Dartmouth's President-elect Dr. Jim Yong Kim gave a public lecture titled "Tackling the World's Troubles: Global Health and the Challenge for Dartmouth" on May 26, 2009. A former senior official at the World Health Organization and co-founder of the nonprofit organization Partners In Health, Kim is internationally acknowledged for his leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other diseases. The event took place at the Tuck School of Business. Stay Connected to Dartmouth on: Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/Dartmouth Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Dartmouth Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/Dartmouthflickr
"Your theory of mind affects your performance," College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29, 2010 during his Presidential Lecture in Moore Theatre. Kim gave the second talk in the lecture series that opened July 16 with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.