Robert Zoellick Quotes

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• Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.
• The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at…
• Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.
• One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.
• It is clearly the case that programs in Europe and the United States that have increased biofuel production have contributed to the added demand for…
• When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions, likely opposition, implementation,…
• The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.
• All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to…
• It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open…
• An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state.
• There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.
• Great upheavals produce shock waves that widen cracks in political, economic, and security orders. Sometimes the old orders break. Yet it can be in the…
• When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering…
• The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a…
• 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…
• Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for…

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