{"id":2630,"date":"2021-11-23T18:34:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policy360.org\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:15:30","slug":"ep-132-dr-jim-yong-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policy360.org\/2021\/11\/23\/ep-132-dr-jim-yong-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 132 Dr. Jim Yong Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Jim Young Kim is a physician and anthropologist who previously served as the President of the World Bank. As a student at Harvard he co-founded the influential non-profit Partners in Health with Dr. Paul Farmer.<\/p>\n

Kim has received the MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Fellowship and was named one of TIME magazine\u2019s \u201c100 Most Influential People in the World.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Kim sat for a wide-ranging conversation with the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy Dean Judith Kelley.\u00a0 The two discuss China, the challenge and the need to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, and how anyone can use their own skills to make real change.<\/p>\n

Part of the secret to making change, Kim says, is optimism. “Optimism is not the result of analysis. Optimism is a moral choice. When you’re going into a difficult situation, if you’re not optimistic, if you’re not constantly thinking, ‘There’s got to be a way to have an impact here’ [you won’t succeed].<\/p>\n

Kim was on Duke’s campus to deliver the Rubenstein Distinguished Lecture.<\/a><\/p>\n

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