Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong Kim MD, PhD, also known as Kim Yong, is a South Korean-American physician and anthropologist who has served as the 12th President of the World Bank since July 1, 2012...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionPublic Servant
water champion kind
Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.
passion thinking world
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.
country opportunity people
Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an education, become a hyphenated American and become president of the World Bank, it's my moral duty to make sure that every single person on the planet has that opportunity.
water teeth climate
Carbon is the currency of how you measure climate change, but water will be the teeth.
goal care execution
Why is it that when it comes to our most cherished social goal [health care], we not only tolerate poor execution, sometimes we even celebrate it?
children real impact
What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain development actually slows down and is affected. So this is not just a short-term impact.
issues optimism choices
When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice.
business fighting water
There will be water and food fights everywhere.
long people growth
Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.
humility important kind
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
challenges poverty defining
Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them.
thinking differences people
A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.
poverty climate ends
We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.
jobs humility thinking
No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.