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
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A trade agreement in Hong Kong would provide the spur for investment and economic growth that promises a lasting exit from poverty for millions, even billions, of people in developing countries.
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Helping people lift themselves out of poverty is truly a noble mission.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty need a result from Hong Kong,
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I am asking the committee to look for candidates who share our commitment to the Bank Group's mission of poverty reduction, who have extensive experience in developing countries and preferably come from developing countries; and who are dedicated to assuring that the Bank Group is a model of integrity and accountability,
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The mission of the World Bank is to reduce poverty and to promote economic development and that's really what I want to stress,
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The current trading system is one of the biggest obstacles to fighting poverty and improving living standards in developing countries. Trade barriers need to be dismantled.
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We need to do more to address this issue and to hold private corporations accountable for exporting corruption to emerging economies.
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We certainly hope that U.S. military can be handing this off to other people long before (the end of March) but I think it's right to think of it as goal and not a deadline, ... The real objective, the mission, is to take care of the people who survived this horrible disaster.
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As the program develops and the various testing activities mature, one or more aspects will inevitably bump against treaty restrictions and limitations, ... Such an event is likely to occur in months, rather than in years.
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At this point, if I were an Iraqi opposition figure, I wouldn't lay my life on the line based on the president's word.
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When you are in a poor country that is challenged just to meet kind of basic needs, compensating farmers adequately and having a framework for doing that gets to be an expensive proposition.
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We will be working to advance the debt relief agreement that was reached by the G-8 in Gleneagles to ensure that the debt cancellation is accompanied by real additional resources, ... We have been working with all the parties to move this forward. We are committed to getting it done, and we expect real progress at these meetings.
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We want Army weapons systems that are more mobile, lethal and deployable,
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Brazil has made real progress in achieving economic stability by maintaining fiscal control, with benefits for many, including the poor. The government has shown that progress must rest on two pillars - economic discipline and a focus on important social issues.