Jim Yong Kim

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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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The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Social Democracy

Daron Acemoglu

The fall of the Berlin Wall heralded not only the collapse of communism in Europe, but also the destruction of a broader – and far more constructive – social-democratic compact. To prevent a return to extremism and instability, that compact must be refashioned for the twenty-first century.

China’s Risky Endgame in Hong Kong

Minxin Pei

In 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that by the time the People’s Republic celebrates its centenary in 2049, it should be a “great modern socialist country” with an advanced economy. But following through with planned measures to tighten mainland China's grip on Hong Kong would make achieving that goal all but impossible.

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Jim Yong Kim

A Truly Global Response to Climate Change

Climate Action After Paris

The Path to Carbon Pricing

Diseases Without Borders

Global Trade’s Bright (Green) Future

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Social Democracy

The Digital Money Revolution

The Growing Threat of Water Wars

China’s Risky Endgame in Hong Kong

America’s Feeble Indo-Pacific Strategy

When Markets and Mobility Collide

The Impeachment Blues

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