"What we need to do is increase the……" — James Wolfensohn
"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 prevention but we have crucial needs at the moment just to get people out of poverty and to get the eight hundred million people that go to bed at night hungry, give them some food and some hope."
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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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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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We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
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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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