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
military means alone are not capable of defeating the insurgency.
There are a number of items that we want to see progress on and that is one reason why I am going to Sudan to make sure that the policies under the comprehensive peace accord are on track,
The Philippines copyright enforcement is weak and and we are concerned it has the potential of becoming a center of pirate optical media production in Asia given the doubling in the number of production lines for compact discs (CDs) and other optical media during the past year,,
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.
My true love is history, but I didn't know how I could make a living at it.
Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas.
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.
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.
Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.'
It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with failed or failing neighbors can lose access to the world economy.
An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state.
Great upheavals produce shock waves that widen cracks in political, economic, and security orders. Sometimes the old orders break. Yet it can be in the power of leaders and peoples to shape the directions of change.
It is clearly the case that programs in Europe and the United States that have increased biofuel production have contributed to the added demand for food.
We consider Australia an extremely strong ally. Clearly there's a security basis ... But we also want to strengthen the economic relationship. That's what this free-trade agreement is about.