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Author Wolfensohn, James D.

Title Voice for the world's poor : selected speeches and writings of World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, 1995-2005 / [edited by Andrew Kircher and others]
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2005

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Description 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
"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
Notes Includes index
Print version record
SUBJECT World Bank fast
Banque mondiale. rasuqam
Subject Poverty -- Speeches, addresses, etc
Poor -- Speeches, addresses, etc
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
Entwicklungspolitik
Pauvreté
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Kircher, Andrew.
ISBN 9780821361566
0821361562
0821361570
9780821361573