. >>> in a few minutes, world bank president jim yong kim speaks to the chief financial officers who gathered in washington, d.c. this week. he gives a report card on how effective companies are in reaching consumers and developing countries. senator bill caddie of louisiana has introduced legislation to repeal the federal government's renewable fuel standards which require ethanol or other renewable fuels to be mixed with gasoline. the epa is moving to expand the required renewable fuel mix from 9 billion gallons to 36 billion gallons by 2022. and at noon also on c-span3, several gop presidential candidates will speak at the faith and freedom coalition conference, including senators marco rubio, rand paul and ted cruz. >>> two months ago world bank president jim yong kim announced a strategy to end extreme poverty by 2030, asking multi lateral banks to help bridge financial gaps, infrastructure, energy and water. he's interviewed next by the deputy editor in chief of the "wall street journal." >> dr. kim thank you so much for joining us today. thank you. it's great to be here. >> yo

>> among the speakers at the wall street journal's annual event tuesday, world bank president jim yong kim. this is about 30 minutes. >> dr. kim, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> you have made plenty of headlines since taking over at the world bank. you were strong on the ebola outbreak and the slow response there. you have strong opinions about poverty and inequality and also about the role of the private sector. before we get to that i know you , just got back from egypt, and i would like you to take us on a tour of the emerging economies. we started out the year feeling very pessimistic about the prospect, but that is changing now. >> for this year, the expected rate of growth is 4.4%. what's happened is the impact of low oil prices, at one point, we thought it would spur growth but still we see it as a drag on the economy. also there is currency uncertainty. when you have a divergent monetary policies across the united states, europe, and japan, and especially with the rising dollar, you see a lot of currency movement toward the united states and that affects the exchan

. >> jim yong kim, rebecca blumenstein, thank you. [applause] >> wisconsin resident of paul ryan also spoke at the wall street journal annual conference. the chair of the ways and means committee discussed tax policies. this is about 30 minutes. can really: welcome, congressman. good morning to everyone out there. i want to start talking about the news out there. you and another center -- senators sent a letter to the treasury department talking about basically version and proper shifting project. it has not gotten a lot of attention, but it seems to be a big deal. talk a little bit about what was in the letter and how you see that in terms of your own efforts to work on the tax code. rep. ryan: it certainly has the attention of tax writers. first of all, we come from the school of thought which believes and tax competition, not harmonization. it means we want to see countries compete for more free enterprise taxes. it is not trying to harmonize everyone's taxes up. kimberly: which is what this project is attempting to do. rep. ryan:

in this portion, world bank president jim yong kim discusses how congress across the world can that with the u.s. this is just under 30 minutes. >> dr. kim, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you on >> thank you, rebecca appeared great to be here. >> you've made lots of headlines since taking over the world in 2012. you were strong on the ebola outbreak and you have strong opinions on poverty and inequality in the private sector. i know you just got back from a jet and i would like you to take us on a tour of the emerging economies. we started out the year feeling very pessimistic about the prospects. is that changing now? >> well, for this year the expected rate of growth is 4.4%. what has happened is the impact of the low oil prices coming in no comment at one point we thought it would spur growth. but still we are seeing it as a drag on the economy. also there is currency uncertainty. when you have the divergent monetary policies across the united states, europe and japan especially with the rising dollar, you see currency movements towards united states in the exchange rates in