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
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spelling okr-10986-261762021-04-23T14:04:20Z Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities Wolfensohn, James D. 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 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. 2017-02-24T20:08:40Z 2017-02-24T20:08:40Z 2000-02-16 Speech 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 English en_US Remarks at the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of UNCTAD, Bangkok, Thailand, February 16, 2000; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech East Asia and Pacific Thailand
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Wolfensohn, James D.
Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities
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relation Remarks at the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of UNCTAD, Bangkok, Thailand, February 16, 2000;
description 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.
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author Wolfensohn, James D.
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author_sort Wolfensohn, James D.
title Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities
title_short Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities
title_full Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Development : Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort rethinking development : challenges and opportunities
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25657410/rethinking-development-challenges-opportunities-remarks-tenth-ministerial-meeting-unctad-james-d-wolfensohn-president
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