James Wolfensohn Quotes

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• The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity, and…
• The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.
• What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can do more on…
• I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of…
• Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.
• The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.
• The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.
• But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.
• As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have…
• If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of…
• We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
• If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else.
• Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to…
• In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge and skills ignored…
• So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with…

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