First of all, the people left, and they're now coming back. What we have to do is try and help them regain… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Kosovo is an agricultural economy particularly. It also has a couple of good power stations that exported power, and the big cooperative… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
It's going to be possible to rebuild the physical aspects of Kosovo. I was there recently, and you get a sense of… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
If you want peace, you've got to deal with people; you don't just deal with objects. And whether they take it as… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity,… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt,… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
I'm not at all sure that Israel can determine what happens in Palestine, the Palestinian territories. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
First of all, the people left, and they're now coming back. What we have to do is try and help them regain their lives,… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
If you enter the World Bank office in Washington, D.C., you will see written on the left wall, 'The purpose of the World Bank… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
I saw it with my own eyes: Israelis and Palestinians, arm in arm, walking off together and clearly pricing how you could get your… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
Kosovo is an agricultural economy particularly. It also has a couple of good power stations that exported power, and the big cooperative which they… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
I think that so-called capitalism and trade is a very important element in giving people opportunity. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
Rebuilding Afghanistan is not going to be solved by pouring billions in. Getting rid of the Taliban does not rid us of the problems… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share
