Jim Yong Kim

Writing for PS since 2015
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Jim Yong Kim was president of the World Bank Group from 2012 to 2019.

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A Truly Global Response to Climate Change
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A Truly Global Response to Climate Change

Dec 11, 2017 Akinwumi A. Adesina, et al. reaffirm their institutions' commitment to supporting the implementation of the 2015 Paris agreement.

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Climate Action After Paris
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Climate Action After Paris

Dec 16, 2015 Jim Yong Kim highlights five measures needed to realize the new global accord's full potential.

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The Path to Carbon Pricing
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The Path to Carbon Pricing

Oct 19, 2015 Christine Lagarde & Jim Yong Kim map out how to create the incentives needed to cut emissions while protecting the poor.

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Diseases Without Borders
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Diseases Without Borders

Jan 22, 2015 Jim Yong Kim shows why pandemics are one global risk that cooperative preemptive action can mitigate.

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Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.

Jim Yong Kim

A Truly Global Response to Climate Change

Climate Action After Paris

The Path to Carbon Pricing

Diseases Without Borders

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

The Economic Consequences of Automation

The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Islands of Climate Ambition

Brexit House of Cards

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