Latin America and the Caribbean : Getting Fit for the Next Big Challenge
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses how to boost Latin America’s growth. The region needs to increase productivity, spur innovation, and adapt its productive structure to changing circumstances which must become a national priority for a...
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| Format: | Speech |
| Language: | English en_US |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25871301/speech-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-latin-america-caribbean-getting-fit-next-big-challenge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24330 |
| Summary: | Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses how to boost Latin America’s growth.
The region needs to increase productivity, spur innovation, and adapt its productive
structure to changing circumstances which must become a
national priority for all countries, independent of their
political cycles and ideologies. Improving
logistics and infrastructure, education, and the contractual
environment are critical to advance development in the
region. World Bank Group is working with the Haitian Government
and the private sector to introduce best practices in
public-private partnerships and to create opportunities for
the Haitian people who have been waiting so long for them.
He concludes by saying that providing disadvantaged children
access to a quality education raises their productive
capacity and enhances social inclusion through higher
employability leading to higher growth and improved
quality of life. |
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