Remarks at the High Level Meeting on Famine Response and Prevention

Remarks at the High Level Meeting on Famine Response and Prevention

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group (WBG), spoke about how famine can affect children, their health, and their ability to learn and to earn a living, which can hinder development progress for a generation. He reported on the Famine Response Package. He noted important lessons learned th...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
FAMINE
RESILIENCE
DROUGHT
RECOVERY
CONFLICT
CHOLERA
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
FOOD SECURITY
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/375371536575314653/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-the-High-Level-Meeting-on-Famine-Response-and-Prevention
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spelling okr-10986-311152021-05-25T09:17:50Z Remarks at the High Level Meeting on Famine Response and Prevention Kim, Jim Yong FAMINE RESILIENCE DROUGHT RECOVERY CONFLICT CHOLERA AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION FOOD SECURITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group (WBG), spoke about how famine can affect children, their health, and their ability to learn and to earn a living, which can hinder development progress for a generation. He reported on the Famine Response Package. He noted important lessons learned through these interventions. First, expanding new partnerships is important to deliver in challenging environments. Second, flexibility is key to adapting to emerging needs. Third, with protracted and recurrent crises as the new normal, more has to be done to ensure that the information, systems, and processes to help countries cope are in place, and to find new solutions through innovative partnerships including the private sector. 2019-01-07T20:52:54Z 2019-01-07T20:52:54Z 2017-09-21 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/375371536575314653/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-Jim-Yong-Kim-at-the-High-Level-Meeting-on-Famine-Response-and-Prevention http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31115 English Delivered at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 21, 2017; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech Somalia Yemen, Republic of
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topic FAMINE
RESILIENCE
DROUGHT
RECOVERY
CONFLICT
CHOLERA
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
FOOD SECURITY
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle FAMINE
RESILIENCE
DROUGHT
RECOVERY
CONFLICT
CHOLERA
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
FOOD SECURITY
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Kim, Jim Yong
Remarks at the High Level Meeting on Famine Response and Prevention
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description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group (WBG), spoke about how famine can affect children, their health, and their ability to learn and to earn a living, which can hinder development progress for a generation. He reported on the Famine Response Package. He noted important lessons learned through these interventions. First, expanding new partnerships is important to deliver in challenging environments. Second, flexibility is key to adapting to emerging needs. Third, with protracted and recurrent crises as the new normal, more has to be done to ensure that the information, systems, and processes to help countries cope are in place, and to find new solutions through innovative partnerships including the private sector.
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