The Other Crisis

This is a speech given by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, at the Annual Meetings held in Washington D.C., on October 6, 1998. It sets out the Bank's role and mission in dealing with the human crisis that has received so...

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Main Author: Wolfensohn, James D.
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/10/437467/other-crisis
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spelling okr-10986-261632021-04-23T14:04:20Z The Other Crisis Wolfensohn, James D. ALS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BLINDNESS CENTRAL PLANNING CHILDBIRTH CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CLEAN WATER CLINICS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION CRISES DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GIRLS GOOD GOVERNANCE HEALTH CARE HOLISTIC APPROACH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFLATION INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LAWS LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMICS MARKET ECONOMY MARKETING MEDICINES MONOPOLIES OIL OIL PRICES PARTNERSHIP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES POLITICAL STABILITY POOR COMMUNITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SERVICES SAFETY SAFETY NETS SECTORAL POLICIES SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL PROTECTION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATIONS URBANIZATION VICTIMS WORKERS This is a speech given by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, at the Annual Meetings held in Washington D.C., on October 6, 1998. It sets out the Bank's role and mission in dealing with the human crisis that has received so little attention in the media. Dealing with that crisis requires long-term work on both the social and the structural agendas. The speech also lays out a new "development framework." Such a framework would allow countries to look at the totality of change necessary to make development inclusive and sustainable. 2017-02-23T23:26:31Z 2017-02-23T23:26:31Z 1998-10-06 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/10/437467/other-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26163 English en_US Address to the Board of Governors, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1998; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech
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topic ALS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BLINDNESS
CENTRAL PLANNING
CHILDBIRTH
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
CLEAN WATER
CLINICS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
CRISES
DEBT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DONOR COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
GIRLS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
HEALTH CARE
HOLISTIC APPROACH
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
LAWS
LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKETING
MEDICINES
MONOPOLIES
OIL
OIL PRICES
PARTNERSHIP
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR COMMUNITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SERVICES
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL ISSUES
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX SYSTEM
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBANIZATION
VICTIMS
WORKERS
spellingShingle ALS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BLINDNESS
CENTRAL PLANNING
CHILDBIRTH
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
CLEAN WATER
CLINICS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
CRISES
DEBT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DONOR COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
GIRLS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
HEALTH CARE
HOLISTIC APPROACH
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
LAWS
LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKETING
MEDICINES
MONOPOLIES
OIL
OIL PRICES
PARTNERSHIP
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR COMMUNITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SERVICES
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL ISSUES
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX SYSTEM
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBANIZATION
VICTIMS
WORKERS
Wolfensohn, James D.
The Other Crisis
relation Address to the Board of Governors, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1998;
description This is a speech given by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, at the Annual Meetings held in Washington D.C., on October 6, 1998. It sets out the Bank's role and mission in dealing with the human crisis that has received so little attention in the media. Dealing with that crisis requires long-term work on both the social and the structural agendas. The speech also lays out a new "development framework." Such a framework would allow countries to look at the totality of change necessary to make development inclusive and sustainable.
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