Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitzis a former President of the World Bank, United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships, and chairman of the US-Taiwan Business Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth22 December 1943
CountryUnited States of America
The path to complete debt relief has now been cleared,
Our goal in Iraq is a democratic Iraq that truly respects the wishes of the people of Iraq, ... We can set up some parameters for a process, but we cannot write a blueprint.
We are going from an era where nobody wanted to say no to anything, to an era when people have to be encouraged that if there are serious problems, they bring them forward, and saying no is a good thing.
Trade barriers to the developing countries, particularly in the area of agriculture, are really shocking,
It would be to the benefit not only of Turkey and Europe but to the entire world, including my country, if the December 12 European Union summit in Copenhagen can succeed in advancing two important goals -- a settlement in Cyprus and an agreement on a date to begin talks on Turkish membership in the EU.
The Secretary is not promoting any individual or group to be the future government of Iraq.
The Taliban gave a press conference today in which they suggested that we should forget about September 11 and move on, and I can assure them we will not forget about September 11, ... We are moving on, and I think before long the world will forget about the Taliban.
High tariffs keep them out of key markets, and tariffs and subsidies together drive down the world price of their exports. Without the income that trade could provide, it is their children who go hungry and who are deprived of clean water, medicines and other basic necessities of life.
In the small country of Burkina Faso, if I remember correctly, it costs 1-1/2 times per capita income to pay the license fees to start a business. That's only about US$500 but for a poor person in Burkina who is trying to start a business it's an impossible barrier.
I hope we can bring it together at this meeting. I am cautiously optimistic,
indicates they will not provide adequate protection for GPS and other critical DOD systems.
Indonesian investors will tell you the same thing, that the biggest discouragement to investing your money here is corruption. This problem is something that needs to be tackled across a whole range of initiatives.
I'm not sure the oil producers are enjoying real growth. That troubles me. For experience has shown that oil can be more of a curse than a blessing. And not only in Africa.
The message is that there is no safe haven for looted funds or corrupt activities.