Charting a Way Ahead : The Results Agenda
Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, makes the case for ending poverty in our lifetime, especially in Africa. There is an urgent need for action, because thousands of people living in extreme poverty, many of them children, die every day from preventable diseases. The call to end poverty rea...
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okr-10986-248782021-04-23T14:04:20Z Charting a Way Ahead : The Results Agenda Wolfowitz, Paul ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANTICORRUPTION BRIBE BRIBERY BUSINESSMAN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CORRUPTION CURRICULUM DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DRUGS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR END TO POVERTY ENROLLMENT ENTREPRENEURS EPIDEMIC EQUALITY EXTREME POVERTY FARM INCOMES FARMERS FORMAL ECONOMY FRAUD FREE PRESS GENDER GLOBAL EFFORT GREEN REVOLUTION GUARANTEE AGENCY HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROBLEMS HUMAN DIGNITY INCOME INCOMES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING JOB CREATION LACK OF CREDIT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALARIA MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY NATIONAL AIDS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION OBSTACLES TO GROWTH POOR COMMUNITIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PREVENTABLE DISEASES PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS QUALITY OF LIFE RESPECT RESPONSIBILITIES RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SANITATION SCHOOL CHILDREN SENIOR SMALL LOANS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT VICTIMS VILLAGE WOMAN YOUNG PEOPLE Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, makes the case for ending poverty in our lifetime, especially in Africa. There is an urgent need for action, because thousands of people living in extreme poverty, many of them children, die every day from preventable diseases. The call to end poverty reaches across generations, continents, and nationalities. It spans religions, gender, and politics. Wolfowitz claims that the world is at a turning point, with grounds for hope. The last few decades have witnessed dramatic improvement in the condition of the world's poorest people. He cites as key factors leadership and accountability, respect for women, civil society, the private sector, and legal empowerment of the poor. He concludes that in order to find solutions for alleviating poverty, the World Bank needs to strengthen its knowledge and expertise in such areas as education, health, infrastructure, energy and sustainable development, and agriculture. We must chart a course for a future in which today's poor become tomorrow's entrepreneurs. 2016-08-11T18:41:25Z 2016-08-11T18:41:25Z 2005-09-24 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/10210638/charting-way-ahead-results-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24878 English en_US Address to the Board of Governors, Washington, DC, September 24, 2005; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, makes the case for ending poverty in our lifetime, especially in Africa. There is an urgent need for action, because thousands of people living in extreme poverty, many of them children, die every day from preventable diseases. The call to end poverty reaches across generations, continents, and nationalities. It spans religions, gender, and politics. Wolfowitz claims that the world is at a turning point, with grounds for hope. The last few decades have witnessed dramatic improvement in the condition of the world's poorest people. He cites as key factors leadership and accountability, respect for women, civil society, the private sector, and legal empowerment of the poor. He concludes that in order to find solutions for alleviating poverty, the World Bank needs to strengthen its knowledge and expertise in such areas as education, health, infrastructure, energy and sustainable development, and agriculture. We must chart a course for a future in which today's poor become tomorrow's entrepreneurs. |
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Charting a Way Ahead : The Results Agenda |
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Charting a Way Ahead : The Results Agenda |
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