Launching End Poverty Day in Accra, Ghana

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Channel: World Bank Group · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, visited Ghana to recognize the country’s progress in tackling poverty on the first annual World Bank “End Poverty Day” on Oct. 17, 2015. 

The visit coincided with the launch of a new World Bank flagship report, “Poverty in a Rising Africa,” that indicates that the region has shown strong economic growth in the last few decades and made great progress despite challenges.

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