Jim Yong Kim: Learning From Japan

http://www.worldbank.org/ - Tokyo - From the 42nd floor of the Mori Tower in downtown Tokyo, which had models of Tokyo and New York City on the floor, you can see the lessons of urbanization for the world: ways to build dense and clean cities. During my two-day trip to Japan, I met senior officials and spent an extended period with our partners the Japan International Corporation Agency, or JICA. We have learned so much in our collaboration with JICA, especially involving universal health coverage and disaster risk management, and now we will work with them to deepen that relationship. To learn more, listen to this short blog.

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Fighting poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. http://www.worldbank.org/ The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. We are not a bank in the common sense; we aim to help people help themselves and their environment by sharing knowledge and providing financial and technical assistance. Conceived in 1944 to reconstruct war-torn Europe, we work in more than 100 developing countries.