Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century

James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the challenges facing the World Bank. The Bank is now working and trying to deal with the questions of poverty and equity. While poverty is rarely about the lack of one thing, but instead many, the bottom line is that poor constantly...

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Main Author:	Wolfensohn, James D.
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	COMMUNITIES CAPITAL MARKETS LIABILITY POLITICS REGIONAL BANKS PRINCIPAL FUTURES INCOME LAWS PRIVATIZATION DEBT CRISIS GOVERNMENT JUSTICE SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY BANKING SYSTEM STRATEGIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSING SANCTIONS REORGANIZATION POOR PEOPLE PROJECTS CORRUPTION CRIME PAYMENTS BUDGET EQUITY SWAPS LEGAL SYSTEMS SAVINGS FORGIVENESS DIGITAL CURRENCY BANKER COMPUTERS MARKET DISCOUNT PROGRAMMING CIVIL SOCIETY EQUITY SWAP BANK DEBT GLOBALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND VIOLENCE DEBT MARKETS CONFIDENCE LOANS ENTERPRISES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCE GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ECONOMY TECHNOLOGY EQUITY INVESTORS DEBT REDUCTION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POLICE FINANCIAL CRISIS COMMERCIAL DEBT CREDIT FOREIGN INVESTMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY RURAL SHARES ASSETS MARKET LOCAL CURRENCY TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY INTERNET GOVERNANCE SHAREHOLDERS JUSTICE CRIMINALS SECURITY BANK LOANS LEGAL SYSTEM WAR INVESTMENT RISK INVESTMENT BANKING SHARE ORGANIZATION RURAL AREAS POVERTY CLEAN WATER MICRO CREDIT JUSTICE SYSTEM INVESTMENTS LENDING CLEAN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP DEBT FORGIVENESS POOR STRATEGY NEPOTISM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENTS SERVICE DEVELOPMENT BANK POVERTY ALLEVIATION FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEBT RELIEF
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25669529/challenges-facing-bank-21st-century-remarks-national-press-club-james-d-wolfensohn-president http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31128

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spelling	okr-10986-311282021-04-23T14:04:20Z Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century Wolfensohn, James D. COMMUNITIES CAPITAL MARKETS LIABILITY POLITICS REGIONAL BANKS PRINCIPAL FUTURES INCOME LAWS PRIVATIZATION DEBT CRISIS GOVERNMENT JUSTICE SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY BANKING SYSTEM STRATEGIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSING SANCTIONS REORGANIZATION POOR PEOPLE PROJECTS CORRUPTION CRIME PAYMENTS BUDGET EQUITY SWAPS LEGAL SYSTEMS SAVINGS FORGIVENESS DIGITAL CURRENCY BANKER COMPUTERS MARKET DISCOUNT PROGRAMMING CIVIL SOCIETY EQUITY SWAP BANK DEBT GLOBALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND VIOLENCE DEBT MARKETS CONFIDENCE LOANS ENTERPRISES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCE GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ECONOMY TECHNOLOGY EQUITY INVESTORS DEBT REDUCTION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POLICE FINANCIAL CRISIS COMMERCIAL DEBT CREDIT FOREIGN INVESTMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY RURAL SHARES ASSETS MARKET LOCAL CURRENCY TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY INTERNET GOVERNANCE SHAREHOLDERS JUSTICE CRIMINALS SECURITY BANK LOANS LEGAL SYSTEM WAR INVESTMENT RISK INVESTMENT BANKING SHARE ORGANIZATION RURAL AREAS POVERTY CLEAN WATER MICRO CREDIT JUSTICE SYSTEM INVESTMENTS LENDING CLEAN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP DEBT FORGIVENESS POOR STRATEGY NEPOTISM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENTS SERVICE DEVELOPMENT BANK POVERTY ALLEVIATION FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEBT RELIEF James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the challenges facing the World Bank. The Bank is now working and trying to deal with the questions of poverty and equity. While poverty is rarely about the lack of one thing, but instead many, the bottom line is that poor constantly live with hunger. Poverty has important psychological dimensions such as powerlessness, noiselessness, dependency, shame, and humiliation. The poor lack access to basic infrastructure such as roads, transportation, clean water. The poor rarely speak of income but instead focus on managing assets and the environment, social and human. 2019-01-08T21:45:31Z 2019-01-08T21:45:31Z 2000-03-14 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25669529/challenges-facing-bank-21st-century-remarks-national-press-club-james-d-wolfensohn-president http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31128 English Remarks at the National Press Club, Washington, DC, March 14, 2000; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech
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topic	COMMUNITIES CAPITAL MARKETS LIABILITY POLITICS REGIONAL BANKS PRINCIPAL FUTURES INCOME LAWS PRIVATIZATION DEBT CRISIS GOVERNMENT JUSTICE SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY BANKING SYSTEM STRATEGIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSING SANCTIONS REORGANIZATION POOR PEOPLE PROJECTS CORRUPTION CRIME PAYMENTS BUDGET EQUITY SWAPS LEGAL SYSTEMS SAVINGS FORGIVENESS DIGITAL CURRENCY BANKER COMPUTERS MARKET DISCOUNT PROGRAMMING CIVIL SOCIETY EQUITY SWAP BANK DEBT GLOBALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND VIOLENCE DEBT MARKETS CONFIDENCE LOANS ENTERPRISES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCE GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ECONOMY TECHNOLOGY EQUITY INVESTORS DEBT REDUCTION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POLICE FINANCIAL CRISIS COMMERCIAL DEBT CREDIT FOREIGN INVESTMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY RURAL SHARES ASSETS MARKET LOCAL CURRENCY TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY INTERNET GOVERNANCE SHAREHOLDERS JUSTICE CRIMINALS SECURITY BANK LOANS LEGAL SYSTEM WAR INVESTMENT RISK INVESTMENT BANKING SHARE ORGANIZATION RURAL AREAS POVERTY CLEAN WATER MICRO CREDIT JUSTICE SYSTEM INVESTMENTS LENDING CLEAN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP DEBT FORGIVENESS POOR STRATEGY NEPOTISM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENTS SERVICE DEVELOPMENT BANK POVERTY ALLEVIATION FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEBT RELIEF
spellingShingle	COMMUNITIES CAPITAL MARKETS LIABILITY POLITICS REGIONAL BANKS PRINCIPAL FUTURES INCOME LAWS PRIVATIZATION DEBT CRISIS GOVERNMENT JUSTICE SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INDUSTRY BANKING SYSTEM STRATEGIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSING SANCTIONS REORGANIZATION POOR PEOPLE PROJECTS CORRUPTION CRIME PAYMENTS BUDGET EQUITY SWAPS LEGAL SYSTEMS SAVINGS FORGIVENESS DIGITAL CURRENCY BANKER COMPUTERS MARKET DISCOUNT PROGRAMMING CIVIL SOCIETY EQUITY SWAP BANK DEBT GLOBALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND VIOLENCE DEBT MARKETS CONFIDENCE LOANS ENTERPRISES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCE GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ECONOMY TECHNOLOGY EQUITY INVESTORS DEBT REDUCTION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POLICE FINANCIAL CRISIS COMMERCIAL DEBT CREDIT FOREIGN INVESTMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY RURAL SHARES ASSETS MARKET LOCAL CURRENCY TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY INTERNET GOVERNANCE SHAREHOLDERS JUSTICE CRIMINALS SECURITY BANK LOANS LEGAL SYSTEM WAR INVESTMENT RISK INVESTMENT BANKING SHARE ORGANIZATION RURAL AREAS POVERTY CLEAN WATER MICRO CREDIT JUSTICE SYSTEM INVESTMENTS LENDING CLEAN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP DEBT FORGIVENESS POOR STRATEGY NEPOTISM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENTS SERVICE DEVELOPMENT BANK POVERTY ALLEVIATION FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEBT RELIEF Wolfensohn, James D. Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century
relation	Remarks at the National Press Club, Washington, DC, March 14, 2000;
description	James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the challenges facing the World Bank. The Bank is now working and trying to deal with the questions of poverty and equity. While poverty is rarely about the lack of one thing, but instead many, the bottom line is that poor constantly live with hunger. Poverty has important psychological dimensions such as powerlessness, noiselessness, dependency, shame, and humiliation. The poor lack access to basic infrastructure such as roads, transportation, clean water. The poor rarely speak of income but instead focus on managing assets and the environment, social and human.
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author	Wolfensohn, James D.
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title	Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century
title_short	Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century
title_full	Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century
title_fullStr	Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century
title_full_unstemmed	Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century
title_sort	challenges facing the bank in the 21st century
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25669529/challenges-facing-bank-21st-century-remarks-national-press-club-james-d-wolfensohn-president http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31128
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