Jim Yong Kim: Education is a Good Investment in China

http://www.worldbank.org/china - Changsha, China - For World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, a technical training program at the Hunan Normal University illustrates how investment in education pays off over time. In 1992, a World Bank loan helped purchase machines that are still used today to provide students with technical and vocational training that will lead to jobs after they graduate. Listen as Kim talks about his visit to China and the Bank's plans to help China improve not only education, but also healthcare services.

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