Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities

James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed his vision for development, addressing these topics: poverty and the development agenda; rethinking the approach; the global trading system and the development agenda; and the partnership imperative. He concludes that the Bank must w...

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Main Author: Wolfensohn, James D.
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2017
Subjects:
WTO
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25657410/rethinking-development-challenges-opportunities-remarks-tenth-ministerial-meeting-unctad-james-d-wolfensohn-president
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26176
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Summary:James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed his vision for development, addressing these topics: poverty and the development agenda; rethinking the approach; the global trading system and the development agenda; and the partnership imperative. He concludes that the Bank must work to realize an ambitious vision if we are to go forward together into a new century in which the long pent up aspirations of the poor of the earth are to have the chance for fulfillment that they deserve.