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
When it comes back to the test of whether we (the World Bank) are doing our job or not, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting democracy.
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,
Unless serious concessions are made by all sides ... the Doha round of trade talks will fail and the people who will suffer the most are the world's poor.
The face of Asia was changed dramatically for the better.
We're still considering what to do with him. There's no decision yet.
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.
could be hidden in a room a fraction the size of this one.
The Secretary is not promoting any individual or group to be the future government of Iraq.
But if he turned up somewhere else, I would not be totally surprised, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
The Bernie Sanders phenomenon shows that it's not confined to Republicans. There is a general sentiment that America is on the wrong track.
Jobs are a priority for every country, ... Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.
can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.
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,
Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better off when people are governing themselves. I'm sure there is some guy that will tell you that philosophy is no different from the Roman Empire's. Well, it is fundamentally different.