Creating opportunity and prosperity in East Asia by Jim Yong Kim, President

This report discusses the remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He discusses the outline of the opportunities and challenges facing the economic development of Indonesia and East Asia, and how the World Bank Group can help end extreme poverty and share prosperity more widely in the region. He remarked the progress and admired the most about Indonesia is its accomplishment in reducing extreme poverty. We have aligned our work with two goals -- to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in low- and middle-income countries. The Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Mandiri, or PNPM, has helped distribute the gains from this growth more equitably across the population. He concludes saying that, we can make sure your successes help build a more just and equal world