Lucknow, May 9 -- President of the World Bank Group Ajay Banga on Friday said that creating jobs destroys poverty and praised the development efforts of the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government.

The World Bank Chief is on a day-long visit to Lucknow to attend a range of meetings and events.

Addressing a meeting in Lucknow, President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, stated, "The single most important thing that we can do together is to create jobs for people. A job is the best way to destroy the illness of poverty, poverty not only of the money you earn, but poverty of your mind. Poverty of your mind comes from not having hope, not having optimism, not having a future that you deserve, and what you are doing is...