Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.' — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
“Some days he walked along the banks of the river that smelled of shit and pesticides bought with World Bank loans.” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is not something that the World Bank believes in or promotes. — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
The notion that the U.S. can impose its will unilaterally on the World Bank reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about how multilateral organizations… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
Combining valuable insights from his experience in China, his time as the World Bank's chief economist, and the 2008 financial crisis, Justin… — Kemal Dervis Copy Share Image
The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
If the World Bank does not alter its shareholding structure to reflect the shifts in global distribution of income and economic power,… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend,… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Rwanda is an example in terms of the transformation of the rights of women. But if you talk to almost any Africanist… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before… — Bono Copy Share Image
The United States has given frequent and enthusiastic support to the overthrow of democracy in favor of "investor friendly" regimes. The World… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
We must work to repeal trade agreements that impede access to affordable generic drugs. We must work to cause the IMF and… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
By using general consumption PPPs, the World Bank is, in effect, saying to the poor: "Sure, you cannot buy as much food… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
The UK is the number one destination in European Union for inward investment, the World Bank has ranked the UK as the… — James Brokenshire Copy Share Image
Too many politicians seem to reach for 'infrastructure' as the default answer to investment, as if roads and bridges were the answer… — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
[Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“the coalition of Latin American and African governments making the case for climate debt actually stresses difference, zeroing in on the cruel… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“Development isn't a collection of things but rather a process that yields things. Not knowing this, governments, their development and aid agencies,… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
We economists, in our classes, teach students that to some degree, price discrimination is actually a good thing; that it allows you… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The director of the institute where I was working apologized about these young, enthusiastic researchers when the World Bank visited because he… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
“Let the trees be consulted before you take any action every time you breathe in thank a tree let tree roots crack… — John Wright Copy Share Image
Car prices play a large role in calculating PPPs even while they play no role whatsoever in the consumption or consumption needs… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
“[Farmer] went to dozens of American and Canadian universities and colleges, preaching his O for the P [Preferential Option for the Poor]… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“I became convinced that the advanced industrial countries, through international organizations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO),… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“Neoliberal economics, the logic of which is tending today to win out throughout the world thanks to international bodies like the World… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
“a 1960 self-published broadside, A Business Man Looks at Communism, Koch claimed that “the Communists have infiltrated both the Democrat [sic] and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Social science now tells us that if we can take indigent girls between the ages of 10 and 14 and give them… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The processes of corporate power do not work in isolation. The economic and legal mechanisms that allow the privatization of the commonwealth,… — George Draffan Copy Share Image
It has been proven through studies by the World Bank and others that companies participating in international trade are more competitive. — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World… — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
The World Bank and others have been converted to conditional cash transfers (CCT). These provide poor people with cash on condition they… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
The World Bank is a shareholder-driven organisation, and as in all such organisations, the majority of shareholders would want a manager of… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
I don't want anything for myself. I want everything for Afghan. I worked pro bono for 13 years. I didn't hesitate for… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
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