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1 online resource (xix, 546 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Working as a family : letters to World Bank staff on first day as president, Washington, D.C. -- "We're here for one reason only, and that is to change the world" : remarks at an open house for World Bank staff, Washington, D.C. -- Women and the transformation of the 21st century : address at the fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing -- New directions and new partnerships : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. -- Education : the best investment / James D. Wolfensohn, Federico Mayor, James G. Speth, Carol Ballemy and Nafis Sadik -- Economies in transition -- from plan to market : foreword to World Development Report 1996 -- People and development : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. -- 1996 : a stronger, more agile, more effective World Bank : message from the president and chairman -- The banking community in an interdependent world : opportunities and challenges : address to the Bankers' Club, London -- The World Bank and the evolving challenges of development : address at a congressional staff forum sponsored by the Overseas Development Council, Washington, D.C. -- Helping China grow -- The challenge of inclusion : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the Iternational Monetary Fund, Hong Kong SAR, China -- 1997 : the strategic compact and a more effective fight against poverty : message from the president and chairman -- Do we have the courage to grab our chance in Asia? -- A new bank strategy for rural development : foreword to rural development : from vision to action -- The message of Kampala : address to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa -- The world needs a strong and internationally active Japan : address at the annual dinner of the Japan Society, New York -- The other crisis : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. -- 1998 : changes bearing fruit : message from the president and chairman -- West bank and Gaza : without economic hope there cannot be peace : remarks for the prime minister's jubilee business summit, Jerusalem -- "Our working together ... is a matter of necessity" : remarks at the World Bank-NGO Conference on Participatory Development, Washington, D.C. -- A proposal for a comprehensive development framework : excerpts from a memorandum to the board of executive directors and staff of the World Bank, Washington, D.C. -- The right wheel : an agenda for comprehensive development remarks at the International Conference on Democracy, Market Economy, and Development, Seoul -- More focus on the social sector : remarks at the Bretton Woods Committee annual meeting, Washington, D.C. -- How do you spell "debt relief'? / James D. Wolfensohn and George Carey -- Coalitions for change : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. -- 1999 : facing the new millennium with clarity of mission : message from the president and chairman -- Culture is the base of development : remarks at culture counts : a conference on financing, resources, and the economics of culture in sustainable development, Florence, Italy -- Fighting corruption is central to development : remarks at the ninth International Anti-corruption Conference, Durban, South Africa -- Postconflict countries and defining new cooperation in the humanitarian agenda : remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. -- Global trade and the development round : seizing the day : remarks at the third ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, Seattle -- War against AIDS in Africa : excerpts from an address to the United Nations Security Council, New York -- Empowerment and voices of the poor : can anyone hear us? : foreword to volume I of Voices of the poor / James D. Wolfensohn and Clare Short -- Ensuring safe water for all through participation, innovation, and inclusion : remarks at the second World Water Forum : from vision to action, the Hague -- "It is difficult to talk reason when people are on the barricades" : remarks at the Multilateral Development Banks' meeting on the HIPC initiative, Washington, D.C. -- Investing in our children : excerpts from an address at the World Bank Early Childhood Development Conference 2000, Washington, D.C. -- New challenges for development in the Middle East : remarks at the 30th-anniversary International Board of Governors meeting, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel -- Developing countries in an evolving world financial system : remarks to the Harvard Business School global alumni conference on "business without walls," Berlin -- The role of information technology in a knowledge-based global economy : address to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, New York -- Poverty amid plenty the world's greatest challenge : foreword to World Development Report 2000/2001 -- Winning the war on biodiversity conservation / James D. Wolfensohn, Peter Seligmann and Mohamed T. El-Ashry -- Building an equitable world : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Prague -- 2000 : we have embarked on a path of change : message from the president and chairman from the 2000 World Bank annual report -- Why public-private partnerships matter for development -- and are good for business : keynote speech at the fifth German World Bank Forum, Berlin -- "Educating a woman is educating a family" : remarks at a reception to celebrate International Women's Day, Washington, D.C. -- Africans are ready for bold change, with help / James D. Wolfensohn and Horst Kohler -- Local action in a globalizing economy : important roles for mayors and city administrations : remarks delivered by videoconference from Washington, D.C. -- The challenges of globalization : the role of the World Bank : address to the Bundestag, Berlin -- Partnership to fight malaria : address at the fourth global partnership meeting to roll back malaria, Washington, D.C. -- Infrastructure and the World Bank's mission : building a foundation for poverty reduction : remarks at the World Bank group infrastructure forum 2001, Washington, D.C. -- Turning the tide on AIDS -- A vision of development and peace on the Nile : keynote address at the launching of the International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile, Geneva -- "It is a different world today" : closing remarks at Public Sector Day, World Bank headquarters, Washington, D.C. -- 2001 : the urgency for action on poverty is pressing : message from the president and chairman -- The greatest long-term challenge -- A growing international recognition of global interdependence : statement at the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting, Ottawa -- Creating better lives for poor people : PRSPs : remarks at a townhall meeting at World Bank group headquarters, Washington, D.C. -- A partnership for development and peace : keynote address delivered at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. -- Financing development for peace through enduring partnerships : address at the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico -- Parliamentary actions and cooperation for poverty reduction : address at the third annual conference of the parliamentary network on the World Bank, Bern, Switzerland -- Timor-Leste : the struggle against poverty ahead : letter from Dili, Timor-Leste, posted May 21, 2002 -- Toward education for all : what can the G-8 do? : remarks at a press conference at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. -- "United in the dream of ... a better world" : remarks at a reception for new staff, World Bank headquarters, Washington, D.C |
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"Remember the past, but build for the future" : address to the Rwandan National Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda -- Rich, poor should join hands for sustainable development -- A time to act : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. -- 2002 : there are not two worlds -- there is only one : message from the president and chairman -- Lifelong learning and the knowledge economy : keynote address at the Lifelong Learning Conference, Stuttgart, Germany -- Development evaluation and aid efficiency : remarks at a seminar of the Operations Evaluation Department, Washington, D.C. -- Cooperation and partnership : harmonizing the activities of development agencies for poverty reduction : remarks at the high-level forum on harmonization, Rome -- Scale up the global fight against tuberculosis : a killer returns / James D. Wolfensohn and Gro Harlem Brundtland -- Trade, development, and the Doha round : statement at the World Trade Organization general council meeting on coherence, Geneva -- Promoting the knowledge economy : keynote address at the German World Bank Forum, Bonn, Germany -- A matter of passion and commitment : remarks at the Bretton Woods Committee annual meeting, Washington, D.C. -- MIGA's key role in the bank's mission : foreword to the 2003 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency annual report -- "A true partnership with the Roma people" : remarks at the conference on Roma in an expanding Europe : challenges for the future, Budapest -- The inspection panel : transparency and accountability : foreword to accountability at the World Bank : the inspection panel 10 years on -- Making services work for poor people : foreword to World Development Report 2004 -- Small business and creating jobs : foreword to 2003 annual review : small business activities -- "We recognize a need to come together" : remarks at the Youth, Development, and Peace Conference, Paris -- A new global balance : the challenge of leadership : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Dubai -- 2003 : building on the Monterrey consensus : message from the president and chairman -- The reconstruction of Iraq -- and beyond : remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. -- "We must each of us ... lift our game" : address to the United Nations high-level dialogue on financing for development, New York -- A new deal for the world's poor / James D. Wolfensohn and Gordon Brown -- Human rights and development : toward mutual reinforcement : remarks at a dialogue organized by the Ethical Globalization Initiative and New York University law school, New York -- Measuring progress in achieving the 2015 millennium development goals : foreword to world development indicators 2004 -- Press freedom helps fight poverty -- Peace and development : closing remarks at the annual bank conference on development economics, Brussels -- The search for values in a world out of balance : commencement address at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts -- Scaling up the fight against poverty : opening remarks at the Shanghai conference on scaling up poverty reduction, Shanghai -- Russia's development potential : address at the first international conference on corporate governance and economic growth in Russia, Moscow -- Ensuring accountability in achieving the millennium development goals : foreword to global monitoring report 2004 / James D. Wolfensohn and Rodrigo de Rato -- Faith and development institutions working together to better the lives of the poor : foreword to mind, heart and soul in the fight against poverty -- Energy needs for the next 25 years and climate change : excerpts from remarks at a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington, D.C. -- A better investment climate for everyone : foreword to World Development Report 2005 -- Securing the 21st century, protecting the planet : address to the board of governors at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. -- 2004 : signs of hope and signs of concern : message from the president and chairman -- "We have to come together to deal with poverty" : address at the high-level encounter of the World Council of Churches, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, Geneva -- Tryst with destiny : globalisation can be India's hour of glory -- Helping disabled people out of the shadows / James D. Wolfensohn and Amartya Sen -- After the tsunami : rebuilding lives, assets, confidence : address to the ASEAN leaders' meeting on the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, Jakarta -- Merging global knowledge with local knowledge : remarks transmitted by video conference to the Knowledge Economy Forum, Abuja, Nigeria |
Summary |
"Voice for the World's Poor brings together over 100 of Wolfensohn's most important and inspiring speeches, essays, and letters during the decade of his presidency."--Jacket |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
SUBJECT |
World Bank fast |
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Banque mondiale. rasuqam |
Subject |
Poverty -- Speeches, addresses, etc
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Poor -- Speeches, addresses, etc
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
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Entwicklungspolitik
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Pauvreté
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Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Kircher, Andrew.
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ISBN |
9780821361566 |
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0821361562 |
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0821361570 |
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9780821361573 |
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