It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with failed or failing neighbors can lose access to the world economy. — 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
