James Wolfensohn
James Wolfensohn
James David Wolfensohn, KBE, AOis an Australian-American lawyer, investment banker and economist who served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 December 1933
CountryAustralia
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We cannot turn globalization back. Our challenge is to make globalization an instrument of opportunity and inclusion -- not fear and insecurity. With all the forces making the world smaller, it is time to change our way of thinking, time to realize we live together in one world, not two -- this poverty is in our community wherever we live. It is our responsibility.
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So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty.
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Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.
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The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.
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The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.
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We estimate that tens of thousands more children will die worldwide and some 10 million people are likely to be living below the poverty line of $1 a day because of the terrorist attacks.
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...It is our hope that we will be able to encourage the developed countries to recognize that it is in their interest to bring poverty alleviation in the developing world because we are one world, and unless we get stability and growth in the developing world, we are not going to have a peaceful world,
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What is happening outside is that people are scared -- they are afraid they may lose their jobs, ... These are legitimate fears, but the trend toward globalization is irreversible.
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We can only have success in partnership with others in the development community, including civil society and the private sector. There must be effective performance in utilizing development assistance -- corruption-free and reaching the poor.
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The government of Israel, with its important security concerns, is loath to relinquish control, almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal.
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We are asking for calm, and the opportunity to build a bridge, ... But it's very difficult to build a bridge if only one side is building it.
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There is no sense of forcing; There is no sense of insisting; There is no sense of saying that we know better,
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There is no sense in trying to help developing nations develop their capacity and build their economic viability if you don't give them markets.
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We've been discussing (these points) for 20 weeks and have yet to reach finality.