Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses two goals: to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the Population. These efforts require us fight against corruption in its many forms. He talks about...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
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Published: 2016
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spelling okr-10986-243102021-04-23T14:04:21Z Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014 Kim, Jim Yong EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES INITIATIVES CONSENSUS ANTI- CORRUPTION ACCOUNTABILITY INVESTMENT SOCIAL AUDITS EXTREME POVERTY TRANSPARENCY BRIBES POVERTY BANK FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE INITIATIVE LAW GOOD GOVERNANCE SERVICES MONITORING ANTI-CORRUPTION LEADERSHIP DEBT FINANCIAL FLOWS LEVERAGE ACCESS DIRECT INVESTMENT PROJECTS ASSETS CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION CRIME SERVICE OVERSIGHT FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION MEDIA AUDITS GOVERNANCE Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses two goals: to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the Population. These efforts require us fight against corruption in its many forms. He talks about the need to be alert, respond immediately when things go wrong, learn from the experience, and assure it doesn’t happen again. He cautions about the lack of governance, which is a necessary condition for corruption to thrive. The challenge is to get the knowledge and tools to the right people at the right time, and to fully leverage opportunities for reform. World Bank, with support from Australia, Denmark and Norway, created the International Corruption Hunters Alliance to engage in what is happening at a multilateral level, to provide access to the latest anti-corruption tools and information, and to create the dialogue that drives our collective effort to beat corruption. He concludes by saying that the intersection with corruption and dirty money are undeniable, and the implications for sustainable, inclusive development are clear. 2016-05-20T20:40:22Z 2016-05-20T20:40:22Z 2014-12-08 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876390/world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kims-remarks-international-corruption-hunters-alliance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24310 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech
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topic EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
INITIATIVES
CONSENSUS
ANTI- CORRUPTION
ACCOUNTABILITY
INVESTMENT
SOCIAL AUDITS
EXTREME POVERTY
TRANSPARENCY
BRIBES
POVERTY
BANK
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT
COLLAPSE
INITIATIVE
LAW
GOOD GOVERNANCE
SERVICES
MONITORING
ANTI-CORRUPTION
LEADERSHIP
DEBT
FINANCIAL FLOWS
LEVERAGE
ACCESS
DIRECT INVESTMENT
PROJECTS
ASSETS
CIVIL SERVICE
CORRUPTION
CRIME
SERVICE
OVERSIGHT
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
MEDIA
AUDITS
GOVERNANCE
spellingShingle EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
INITIATIVES
CONSENSUS
ANTI- CORRUPTION
ACCOUNTABILITY
INVESTMENT
SOCIAL AUDITS
EXTREME POVERTY
TRANSPARENCY
BRIBES
POVERTY
BANK
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT
COLLAPSE
INITIATIVE
LAW
GOOD GOVERNANCE
SERVICES
MONITORING
ANTI-CORRUPTION
LEADERSHIP
DEBT
FINANCIAL FLOWS
LEVERAGE
ACCESS
DIRECT INVESTMENT
PROJECTS
ASSETS
CIVIL SERVICE
CORRUPTION
CRIME
SERVICE
OVERSIGHT
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
MEDIA
AUDITS
GOVERNANCE
Kim, Jim Yong
Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses two goals: to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the Population. These efforts require us fight against corruption in its many forms. He talks about the need to be alert, respond immediately when things go wrong, learn from the experience, and assure it doesn’t happen again. He cautions about the lack of governance, which is a necessary condition for corruption to thrive. The challenge is to get the knowledge and tools to the right people at the right time, and to fully leverage opportunities for reform. World Bank, with support from Australia, Denmark and Norway, created the International Corruption Hunters Alliance to engage in what is happening at a multilateral level, to provide access to the latest anti-corruption tools and information, and to create the dialogue that drives our collective effort to beat corruption. He concludes by saying that the intersection with corruption and dirty money are undeniable, and the implications for sustainable, inclusive development are clear.
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title_short Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014
title_full Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014
title_fullStr Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Remarks at the International Corruption Hunters Alliance Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2014
title_sort remarks at the international corruption hunters alliance meeting, washington, d.c., december 8, 2014
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