Voice for the world's poor : selected speeches and writings of World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, 1995-2005 /

"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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wolfensohn, James D.
Otros Autores: Kircher, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2005.
Temas:
Banque mondiale.
World Bank
Poverty > Speeches, addresses, etc.
Poor > Speeches, addresses, etc.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Entwicklungspolitik
Pauvreté
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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