An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear that the old export model of growth will be sustainable in a more 'balanced' global economy that does… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
In London, Washington, and Paris, people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.' — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
My true love is history, but I didn't know how I could make a living at it. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions, likely opposition,… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
In the U.S and Europe over the last year we've been focused on the prices of gasoline at the pump. While many worry about… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
