Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses measured hope and optimism, to share a vision for a path forward, to a just and sustainable future in the Middle East and North Africa. He talks about a way forward to help not only Syria rebuild, but al...

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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/2016/02/25871346/speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-preparing-peace-prosperity-steps-ahead-arab-world
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spelling okr-10986-243282021-04-23T14:04:21Z Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World Kim, Jim Yong REGION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROAD REGIONS WAR CLIMATE CHANGE TRANSPARENCY LACK OF WATER TRANSPORT COMPROMISE CRISES RAIL CIVIL SOCIETY NATIONS REHABILITATION CONFLICTS BAN TRIPS TRUST CIVIL WAR CONSTRAINTS AGREEMENT VIOLENT CONFLICT REFUGEES PROJECTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PEACE RAIL PROJECTS CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL BANK ECONOMIES MEETINGS INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITIES Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses measured hope and optimism, to share a vision for a path forward, to a just and sustainable future in the Middle East and North Africa. He talks about a way forward to help not only Syria rebuild, but also to help Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq recover from the massive spillover effects of the war is to be supported by the principles of co-existence, tolerance, compromise, transparency, good governance, and inclusive economic growth. He talks about the need for improvement in quality of education. He talks about development that requiring a commitment to transparency on the part of governments, and well-informed citizens to hold governments accountable. He speaks about helping women overcome the multiple legal and cultural constraints that have kept their labor force participation in the region at 29 percent, the lowest in the world. He talks about the young people here and throughout the Arab world deserve a chance to grow up in a region that is focused on creating jobs, not on conflict—a region focused on inclusive growth, not on growth for just the elite. The region needs to invest in its people with strong education and health systems. 2016-05-23T20:48:14Z 2016-05-23T20:48:14Z 2014-06-03 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25871346/speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-preparing-peace-prosperity-steps-ahead-arab-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24328 English en_US Speech at Ministry of Education, Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2014; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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topic REGION
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ROAD
REGIONS
WAR
CLIMATE CHANGE
TRANSPARENCY
LACK OF WATER
TRANSPORT
COMPROMISE
CRISES
RAIL
CIVIL SOCIETY
NATIONS
REHABILITATION
CONFLICTS
BAN
TRIPS
TRUST
CIVIL WAR
CONSTRAINTS
AGREEMENT
VIOLENT CONFLICT
REFUGEES
PROJECTS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
PEACE
RAIL PROJECTS
CONFLICT
RECONSTRUCTION
BRIDGE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
ECONOMIES
MEETINGS
INFRASTRUCTURE
UNIVERSITIES
spellingShingle REGION
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ROAD
REGIONS
WAR
CLIMATE CHANGE
TRANSPARENCY
LACK OF WATER
TRANSPORT
COMPROMISE
CRISES
RAIL
CIVIL SOCIETY
NATIONS
REHABILITATION
CONFLICTS
BAN
TRIPS
TRUST
CIVIL WAR
CONSTRAINTS
AGREEMENT
VIOLENT CONFLICT
REFUGEES
PROJECTS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
PEACE
RAIL PROJECTS
CONFLICT
RECONSTRUCTION
BRIDGE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
ECONOMIES
MEETINGS
INFRASTRUCTURE
UNIVERSITIES
Kim, Jim Yong
Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World
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description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses measured hope and optimism, to share a vision for a path forward, to a just and sustainable future in the Middle East and North Africa. He talks about a way forward to help not only Syria rebuild, but also to help Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq recover from the massive spillover effects of the war is to be supported by the principles of co-existence, tolerance, compromise, transparency, good governance, and inclusive economic growth. He talks about the need for improvement in quality of education. He talks about development that requiring a commitment to transparency on the part of governments, and well-informed citizens to hold governments accountable. He speaks about helping women overcome the multiple legal and cultural constraints that have kept their labor force participation in the region at 29 percent, the lowest in the world. He talks about the young people here and throughout the Arab world deserve a chance to grow up in a region that is focused on creating jobs, not on conflict—a region focused on inclusive growth, not on growth for just the elite. The region needs to invest in its people with strong education and health systems.
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title Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World
title_short Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World
title_full Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World
title_fullStr Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World
title_full_unstemmed Preparing for Peace and Prosperity : Steps Ahead for the Arab World
title_sort preparing for peace and prosperity : steps ahead for the arab world
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