World Bank Podcasts

http://www.worldbank.org - The rains are coming later and don't last as long. For an increasing number of Kenyans, the solution to Climate Change has been sustainable farming and herding techniques that reduce carbon output, save them money and make their farms and herds more prosperous. The goats seem okay with it too.

http://www.worldbank.org/philippines - Victims of typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) are recovering from the disaster with the government's conditional cash transfer program supported by the World Bank, and a livelihood project funded by the Korean Presbyterian Church in Palo, Leyte.

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.

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.

http://www.worldbank.org/china - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said China's growing health sector will have a tremendous impact on the country's economy and said the Bank is collaborating with China and other organizations on a study that will help accelerate efforts to provide affordable quality medical care, especially for the country's aging population. Kim spoke at a press conference in Beijing following meetings with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Vice Premier Liu Yandong and many other senior officials. World Bank Group,Jim Yong Kim,China,Beijing,Xi Jinping,Li Keqiang,Liu Yandong,healthcare

http://wrld.bg/vCj2N - The world's most successful social movements are started by a small group of like-minded people, says the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. The next major task is to end extreme poverty globally by 2030 and we need everyone - writers, artists, engineers, economists. Find your interest, identify your talents, and take it on. It will be the most thrilling thing you ever do. Related links: http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/take-it-what-you-can-do-help-end-extreme-poverty http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/take-it-on http://www.worldbank.org #takeon #endpoverty

http://www.worldbank.org/ - Developing countries are headed for a year of disappointing growth, as first quarter weakness in 2014 delays an expected pick-up in economic activity, according to the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report. Bad weather in the US, the crisis in Ukraine, and political strife in several middle-income economies are all contributing to a third straight year of sub 5 percent growth in developing countries.

Entrepreneurship is booming in Nepal, helped by a modernization project at the country's Office of Company Registrar that has streamlined the process by which private and public limited companies are registered and file their annual reports. A new computer system, with the support of the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC), has made it easier for start-ups to register at http://www.ocr.gov.np. To learn more, visit: http://www.ifc.org/southasia http://www.facebook.com/IFCsouthasia http://www.twitter.com/IFC_SouthAsia

http://www.worldbank.org/ - On the final leg of a four-day Middle East trip, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim traveled to the Zaatari refugee camp, which has 103,000 Syrian residents who fled the three-year-long war, and met with senior Jordanian officials, including His Majesty King Abdullah and Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Ensour. At the refugee camp, Kim said that Syria's neighbors, especially Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey, have shown incredible generosity in allowing more than 2 million refugees into their countries. But he said as a result Jordan and the other countries were under great stress in nearly every sector -- water, electricity, health, and education -- and now was the time for the global community to step up its help to the host communities.

http://www.worldbank.org/ - While the war in Syria shows no sign of abating, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today told an audience of students and policymakers in Lebanon that it was time to "prepare for peace" in Syria and surrounding countries, citing similar efforts that began 70 years ago before the end of World War II.

http://www.worldbank.org/ - Beirut, Lebanon - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visited an elementary school in Beirut that was once 95 percent Lebanese students and now has a majority of students from Syria, whose families fled the war. The visit, taken during a four-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan, illustrated the increasingly burden felt by Lebanon, where more than one million Syrians have fled to escape the war. Kim called on the international community to step up its support of Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and other countries that have taken in the refugees.

http://www.worldbank.org - International prices of food increased by 4 percent in recent months and the World Bank Group is concerned that food riots could lead to political instability in some regions.

Lamay, Peru -- In this Andean town outside Cuzco, I traveled with Peru's First Lady Nadine Heredia to the San Luis Gonzaga primary school. This school, and many others in the area, have had poor learning outcomes. But I was impressed by the government's and the school's commitment to improve, which will be critical in the efforts to reduce inequality and boost shared prosperity in Peru. Listen to this blog from a second-grade classroom to learn more.

http://www.worldbank.org/ - October 31, 2013 - Istanbul - On my first trip to Turkey, I met the country's political leaders, business executives, and civil society organizers -- and some of the World Bank Group staff. We have 250 staff in Turkey, of which 200 are in the regional hub of IFC, our private sector arm. While Turkey faces many challenges, I came away very impressed with many of the nation's accomplishments during the last decade. To learn more, listen to this audio blog.

http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender - Girls with little or no education are far more likely to be married as children, suffer domestic violence, live in poverty, and lack a say over household spending or their own health care than better-educated peers, which harms them, their children, and communities, a new report by the World Bank Group finds.