Robert Zoellick
Robert Zoellick
Robert Bruce Zoellickis an American banker who was the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he held from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of Stateand U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at his alma mater Harvard Kennedy School since retirement from the World Bank in July 1, 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 July 1953
CityNaperville, IL
CountryUnited States of America
When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions, likely opposition, implementation, legal issues, resource dimensions, communications - and how the problem fits into a stream of other issues.
The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort.
Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas.
My true love is history, but I didn't know how I could make a living at it.
Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear that the old export model of growth will be sustainable in a more 'balanced' global economy that does not rely so heavily on the U.S. consumer.
Today's decision ... will strengthen the global economy,
the proliferation of danger will undermine the benign security environment and healthy international economy that it needs for its development.
I believe there is a right balance of interests that can be found to enable us to launch the multilateral negotiations at the upcoming ministerial meeting. It's very important for the global economy that we do so, and it's very important for world politics that we do so,
It would be a grave mistake to permit any one country to veto America's drive for global free trade.
By reason of its size and its success and its growth, it is also affecting the international system.
Closed politics cannot be a permanent feature of Chinese society. It is simply not sustainable,
Closed politics cannot be a permanent feature of Chinese society, ... It is simply not sustainable.
His family is not welcome in the United States. He is not welcome in the United States, ... We're going to everything we can to make sure he's not welcome anywhere else either.
cannot take access to the U.S. market for granted.