World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim thinks it’s time take a new approach to refugees -- not only to alleviate poverty and suffering for individuals, but also to maximize economic growth for countries. An economic refugee himself, Kim is issuing a supportive challenge to the country of his birth. “When are we going to see Syrian Koreans?” If you want to understand world economics a bit better, then take a moment to listen to Kim’s informal remarks following a keynote at the United States Institute for Peace in October 2015.
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