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
We can't commit money unless we're convinced it is going to be spent in the right way,
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.
We are committed to getting it done and we expect real progress at these meetings,
What we're looking for and what I think to some extent we're getting is both much stronger commitments from the G-8 countries as to how they will implement their obligations ... and then to make sure that they are not the only contributors here,
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,
The committee represents the Bank Group's regions and network as well as its rich diversity of personnel,
is a danger we can't afford to live with indefinitely.
People are entitled to present their views any way they want to, entitled to present uninformed views as well as informed ones.
We have agreement on more aid, we have consensus on debt relief -- now let's complete the picture and deliver a true development round on trade.
Our focus right now is in getting rid of this regime in Baghdad.
I think Indian officials that I talk to aren't satisfied with the seven per cent or so that they're doing, but I must say that is impressive already, and I think they are making every effort to do more.
Jobs are a priority for every country, ... Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.
I think it is important, this issue of voice, which is shorthand for how, to have particularly developing countries have more of a say in the operations of institutions like this one. It is a very important question,
Some of the poorest developing countries lack the resources, for example, to pay farmers adequately to get rid of sick chickens.