Condemning the terrorist attack, World Bank President Jim Young Kim said this kind of senseless attack is difficult to comprehend.

World Bank President Jim Young Kim has said reforms initiated by Prime Minister Modi have had a huge impact on the way world looks at India.

WB President Jim Yong Kim also played down any rivalry between the World Bank and China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in which I...

Kim said China's economic fundamentals are sound despite the recent equity market volatility leading to loss of $3.2 trillion capital.

"Prime Minister Modi has told me that he has worked a lot in terms of increasing solar energy. So he's a great advocate of solar energy."

Kim said the world today stands in awe of Malala, a 17-year-old Nobel Prize winner who could not be stopped by the Taliban's threats.

World Bank chief Jim Young Kim feels India can save more than 27,000 lives if it builds 1,000 kilometres of new bus rapid transit lanes.

Describing Bangladesh as a "very important" partner for the World Bank, Jim Young Kim said the World Bank has zero tolerance for corruption.

"If you look at some of the biggest countries, it looks like India is going to have a good third quarter," Kim said.

The IMF has called for getting the pricing right and removing subsidies on energies that amounts to nearly $ 485 billion.

World Bank alone cannot meet the huge infrastructure fund requirements of the emerging nations, its President Jim Young Kim has said.

Unresolved bottlenecks has slowed growth in middle income countries like India, Brazil, Russia and Turkey, World Bank President Jim Young K...

World Bank Group President Jim Young Kim today said the mission of the multilateral institution was to end poverty.

To keep employment as a share of working-age population constant, in 2020 there should be around 600 mn more jobs than in 2005.

The World Bank has appointed Kaushik Basu as its chief economist and senior vice president.

Barack Obama's nominee for World Bank presidency Jim Young Kim is undertaking a two-week 'listening' tour of India, China and five other co...

The World Bank has received three nominations for the post of its presidency, including the US President Barack Obama's pick Jim Young Kim.