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:	TARIFFS GROWTH RATES TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS URUGUAY ROUND ECONOMIC GROWTH TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS COUNTRIES WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT STOCK VALUATION GLOBAL MARKETS INCOME POVERTY NATIONAL ECONOMIES INCOME INTEREST MEDIUM TERM COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE EXPORTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH CARE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY WELFARE INCENTIVES MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK CAPACITY BUILDING DEVELOPMENT GOALS MARKET ACCESS WORLD COMMUNITY DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIFE EXPECTANCY TRENDS SAFETY NETS POVERTY REDUCTION DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS REDUCTION STRATEGY FUTURE PROSPECTS INFLUENCE GLOBAL ECONOMY COUNTRY STRATEGIES TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES PERSISTENT POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES CIVIL SOCIETY TRADING GLOBALIZATION DEBT MARKETS WTO VALUATION PROCEDURES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRADE INFORMATION ECONOMIC POLICIES HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES SUBSIDIES LIBERALIZATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION IMPORT TARIFFS LDCS EQUITY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS HUMAN CAPITAL REDUCING POVERTY GOOD INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCIAL CRISIS FUTURE AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS WORLD ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE CONSUMERS AGENCIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY COUNTRY HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT MARKET TRADE LIBERALIZATION OUTPUT GOVERNANCE COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT TRADE INTERESTS GDP GOODS TRADING SYSTEM GLOBAL TRADE ECONOMIC EXPANSION INVESTMENT BOND BILATERAL DONORS SHARE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE POVERTY COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK HIPC ABSOLUTE TERMS MARKET INTEGRATION RISK MANAGEMENT WORLD TRADE RAPID GROWTH TRANSITION ECONOMIES STRATEGY AGENCY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMODITY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES AGRICULTURAL TRADE GUARANTEE PRICES SOCIAL INVESTMENT DEBT RELIEF BILATERAL DONOR COMPETITION GROWTH
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.

Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities

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