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 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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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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...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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Our focus is on poverty, which is an issue that affects everybody, but there's little doubt that other events of interest will make their way into different discussions,
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We've been discussing (these points) for 20 weeks and have yet to reach finality.
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Time is short, and optimism is a fragile commodity, ... miss this opportunity for change, we will regret it for the next decade.
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We respect the demonstrators' right to protest, but who wins by shutting down discussion of some of the world's most pressing problems?
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Unless a solution is found, we may be facing the financial collapse of the PA within two weeks.
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We are looking to put together a package which will ensure the financial pressure is relieved for the coming period.
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We are also looking economically at an 8 trillion dollar economy, in the developing world growing seven to eight times in the next 50 years and the rich world 2 1/2 times. These are dramatic shifts.