"We have three billion people, half the world's……" — James Wolfensohn
"We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day."
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James Wolfensohn
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15 Quotes by James Wolfensohn
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The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of…
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The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.
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What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then…
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I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of…
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Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are…
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The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.
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The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.
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But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade…
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As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play…
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If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the…
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If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else.
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Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes…
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