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On his first official visit to the United States, Pope Francis is addressing a variety of major issues and global challenges, including strategies for helping the billion or so people on the planet trapped in a cycle of extreme poverty.

It's a mission at the core of another hugely powerful international organization: The World Bank. Soon after Francis became pope in 2013, one of the first people that he met with was Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the former Dartmouth president who was called on by President Obama in 2012 to head the World Bank.

At that meeting, the president of the World Bank and the pope together made a pledge to do all they could to end extreme poverty.

Jim Yong Kim talks with The Takeaway about Pope Francis and their shared goals. 

What you'll learn from this segment:

• The primary goals and initiatives the World Bank is currently undertaking
• How we can end extreme poverty and boost prosperity by 2030
• How faith figures, citizens and the private sector can fight poverty