Human Capital in the 21st Century

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses the Ebola epidemic as continuing as a serious threat, not only in terms of human lives, especially in the three most affected countries - Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra, but to the regional and global econ...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876393/human-capital-21st-century-jim-yong-kim-world-bank-group-president
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spelling okr-10986-243142021-04-23T14:04:21Z Human Capital in the 21st Century Kim, Jim Yong LIVING STANDARDS SKILLS CAREER ADVANCEMENT EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION COLLEGE MOTIVATION ECONOMIC GROWTH WORK FORCE PERSONALITY TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES NUMERACY ACTIVITIES GROUPS INTELLIGENCE STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE LABOR FORCE CAREER GENDER PARITY EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS THINKING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSOR DISSERTATION LANGUAGE SOCIAL GROUPS PROFESSORS EXAMINATION LITERACY KNOWLEDGE ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS GENDER GAP TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS TESTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS GRADUATE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT MOBILITY ABILITY SCHOLARS NEEDS COMPETENCIES STANDARDIZED TESTS LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM GRADUATES RESEARCH TUTORING EDUCATION EXPERTS REASONING TEST SCORES PROBLEM SOLVING OLD STUDENTS ASSESSMENTS HUMAN CAPITAL SPORTS STUDY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WORKERS STUDIES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL MARKET EMPATHY HABITS STUDENT PROFESSIONAL LIFE PARTICIPATION AGE EDUCATIONAL REFORM GENDER ACHIEVEMENT JOB SATISFACTION RESEARCHERS EXPENDITURES LITERATURE EFFORT YOUTH CAREERS SPEECH COGNITIVE ABILITY ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL CALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS PARITY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION INTERESTS COGNITIVE SKILLS UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION CREATIVITY SKILL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PERSONALITY TRAITS PLAYING HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS EXPERIENCE ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE INTERACTIONS SOCIAL COHESION STUDY HABITS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WOMEN MEMORY LANGUAGE SKILLS GOALS CLASSROOM SCHOOL SOCIAL MOBILITY PARTICIPATION RATES Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses the Ebola epidemic as continuing as a serious threat, not only in terms of human lives, especially in the three most affected countries - Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra, but to the regional and global economies as well. He then addressed educational reform. To promote inclusive growth, the World Bank Group works to facilitate the diffusion of knowledge and support countries in investing in the productivity and skills of their people. Taking on new challenges, solving problems creatively, and working across different backgrounds and cultures, will be important tasks for the vast majority of human beings in the 21st century. He discussed shortcomings of Korea’s educational system. 2016-05-20T21:43:40Z 2016-05-20T21:43:40Z 2014-11-04 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876393/human-capital-21st-century-jim-yong-kim-world-bank-group-president http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24314 English en_US Speech at Symposium, Seoul, Korea, November 4, 2014; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech East Asia and Pacific Korea, Republic of
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topic LIVING STANDARDS
SKILLS
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
COLLEGE
MOTIVATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
WORK FORCE
PERSONALITY
TEACHERS
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
NUMERACY
ACTIVITIES
GROUPS
INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIES
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
LABOR FORCE
CAREER
GENDER PARITY
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS
THINKING
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROFESSOR
DISSERTATION
LANGUAGE
SOCIAL GROUPS
PROFESSORS
EXAMINATION
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS
GENDER GAP
TRAINING
ACHIEVEMENTS
TESTS
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
GRADUATE
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
MOBILITY
ABILITY
SCHOLARS
NEEDS
COMPETENCIES
STANDARDIZED TESTS
LEARNING
EDUCATION SYSTEM
GRADUATES
RESEARCH
TUTORING
EDUCATION EXPERTS
REASONING
TEST SCORES
PROBLEM SOLVING
OLD STUDENTS
ASSESSMENTS
HUMAN CAPITAL
SPORTS
STUDY
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
WORKERS
STUDIES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
GLOBAL MARKET
EMPATHY
HABITS
STUDENT
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
PARTICIPATION
AGE
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
GENDER
ACHIEVEMENT
JOB SATISFACTION
RESEARCHERS
EXPENDITURES
LITERATURE
EFFORT
YOUTH
CAREERS
SPEECH
COGNITIVE ABILITY
ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL
CALL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
PARITY
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
INTERESTS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
UNDERSTANDING
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
CREATIVITY
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT
PERSONALITY TRAITS
PLAYING
HUMAN RESOURCES
PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
EXPERIENCE
ATTENTION
YOUNG PEOPLE
INTERACTIONS
SOCIAL COHESION
STUDY HABITS
UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS
WOMEN
MEMORY
LANGUAGE SKILLS
GOALS
CLASSROOM
SCHOOL
SOCIAL MOBILITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
spellingShingle LIVING STANDARDS
SKILLS
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
COLLEGE
MOTIVATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
WORK FORCE
PERSONALITY
TEACHERS
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
NUMERACY
ACTIVITIES
GROUPS
INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIES
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
LABOR FORCE
CAREER
GENDER PARITY
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS
THINKING
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROFESSOR
DISSERTATION
LANGUAGE
SOCIAL GROUPS
PROFESSORS
EXAMINATION
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS
GENDER GAP
TRAINING
ACHIEVEMENTS
TESTS
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
GRADUATE
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
MOBILITY
ABILITY
SCHOLARS
NEEDS
COMPETENCIES
STANDARDIZED TESTS
LEARNING
EDUCATION SYSTEM
GRADUATES
RESEARCH
TUTORING
EDUCATION EXPERTS
REASONING
TEST SCORES
PROBLEM SOLVING
OLD STUDENTS
ASSESSMENTS
HUMAN CAPITAL
SPORTS
STUDY
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
WORKERS
STUDIES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
GLOBAL MARKET
EMPATHY
HABITS
STUDENT
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
PARTICIPATION
AGE
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
GENDER
ACHIEVEMENT
JOB SATISFACTION
RESEARCHERS
EXPENDITURES
LITERATURE
EFFORT
YOUTH
CAREERS
SPEECH
COGNITIVE ABILITY
ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL
CALL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
PARITY
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
INTERESTS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
UNDERSTANDING
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
CREATIVITY
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT
PERSONALITY TRAITS
PLAYING
HUMAN RESOURCES
PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
EXPERIENCE
ATTENTION
YOUNG PEOPLE
INTERACTIONS
SOCIAL COHESION
STUDY HABITS
UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS
WOMEN
MEMORY
LANGUAGE SKILLS
GOALS
CLASSROOM
SCHOOL
SOCIAL MOBILITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
Kim, Jim Yong
Human Capital in the 21st Century
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Korea, Republic of
relation Speech at Symposium, Seoul, Korea, November 4, 2014;
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses the Ebola epidemic as continuing as a serious threat, not only in terms of human lives, especially in the three most affected countries - Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra, but to the regional and global economies as well. He then addressed educational reform. To promote inclusive growth, the World Bank Group works to facilitate the diffusion of knowledge and support countries in investing in the productivity and skills of their people. Taking on new challenges, solving problems creatively, and working across different backgrounds and cultures, will be important tasks for the vast majority of human beings in the 21st century. He discussed shortcomings of Korea’s educational system.
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author Kim, Jim Yong
author_facet Kim, Jim Yong
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title Human Capital in the 21st Century
title_short Human Capital in the 21st Century
title_full Human Capital in the 21st Century
title_fullStr Human Capital in the 21st Century
title_full_unstemmed Human Capital in the 21st Century
title_sort human capital in the 21st century
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876393/human-capital-21st-century-jim-yong-kim-world-bank-group-president
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