Jim Yong Kim Washington World Bank aims to end extreme poverty by 2030Washington, April 22 – The World Bank governors have endorsed a proposal to eliminate extreme poverty around the world over the next 17 years, the World Bank Group said in statement. The proposal, put forward by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, sets an ambitious goal to reduce the number of people living on $1.25 a day to 3 percent or less of the world’s population by 2030.