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    War on AIDS : Free from Poverty, Free from AIDS (2000)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Speeches of World Bank Presidents
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, noted that we will be judged on three counts: first, whether the we are serious about Africa's development and inclusion; second, whether we understand globally the nature of human security and sustainable development; and, third, whether the international community can face up to the global challenge of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). More than 13 million Africans have already died of AIDS, 23 million are now living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS, and 10 million African children have been orphaned by AIDS. The 21 countries with the highest rates of HIV are all in Africa. The Bank will provide governments with the maximum available funding to create and implement programs
    DOI: 10.1596/26174
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    Remarks at the Council of the Americas (1999)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, reassessed the global financial architecture and its impact on Latin America. Latin American countries, being small economies, are very vulnerable to world pressures. After a huge drop in private sector finance, we're seeing the first signs of return. What we need now is greater transparency and supervision in banking and the private sector-and a better common set of principles and standards. We need decent government, trained government, with capacity at all levels. We need legal systems that work. We must ensure social safety nets are in place. The things that bring about equity in a society are education and knowledge. Latin America's kids need stability and social justice
    DOI: 10.1596/26168
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    Address to the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., March 25, 1998 (1998)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group discussed the financial crisis in Asia which began with the emergence of the Thailand crisis. The history of Asian economic and social development has been one of enormous achievement. Since 1975 the number of people living in poverty has been reduced from 700 million to 340 million (roughly 20 percent of the population)" no small achievement. Generally, the region has had strong economic growth. Life expectancy has gone up significantly, while infant mortality has gone down significantly. Primary school enrollment approaches 100 percent. Fiscal management has been remarkable. What changed? We have a crisis now caused by private sector excesses, and to a degree government inaction in the area of supervision. The Bank is focusing on two things: reformation of the financial system, in terms of trying to get the regulation and control that is now being demanded by the Asian authorities themselves; and the impact on the people. Wolfensohn fielded a number of questions from the audience
    DOI: 10.1596/26158
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    Address to the Bankers' Club, London (1997)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, made points on topics that link banking to the developing world: scourge of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which has 16 million people suffering from that disease; crime; war; migration, because migration comes from countries that do not have economic opportunity; and trade. It is crucial that the bankers in the city, as the home of international banking and the largest center of international banking, recognize that there is something more than the profit motive. As far as development is concerned, it's no longer an issue of having government to government assistance
    DOI: 10.1596/26013
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    New Directions and New Partnerships (1995)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, addressed the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He discussed the context in which the Bank operates today; the role of the Bank in development now, and in the coming years; what the Bank can do to achieve its objectives in an effective and accountable manner; and the Bank's immediate and early initiatives. He called for a new IDA compact. The problem of debt overhang continues. He focused on the power of partnerships. He mentioned the need to develop an institutional culture focused on excellence and results
    DOI: 10.1596/24315
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    Address to Vice Chancellors of India on AIDS (2003)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discusses the great challenges faced by India on the issue of AIDS. He urged greater education of students about the dangers of the disease and to deal with the issues of prevention. For those that have been taken by the disease, deal in an open and equitable way with the sufferers who are getting treatment. He also said that graduates also will convey the messages when they become teachers, when they train teachers, when they pass the message down to high schools and primary schools and when they interface with their communities
    DOI: 10.1596/24344
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    Challenges Facing the Bank in the 21st Century (2000)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the challenges facing the World Bank. The Bank is now working and trying to deal with the questions of poverty and equity. While poverty is rarely about the lack of one thing, but instead many, the bottom line is that poor constantly live with hunger. Poverty has important psychological dimensions such as powerlessness, noiselessness, dependency, shame, and humiliation. The poor lack access to basic infrastructure such as roads, transportation, clean water. The poor rarely speak of income but instead focus on managing assets and the environment, social and human
    DOI: 10.1596/31128
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    The Other Crisis (1998)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Abstract: This is a speech given by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, at the Annual Meetings held in Washington D.C., on October 6, 1998. It sets out the Bank's role and mission in dealing with the human crisis that has received so little attention in the media. Dealing with that crisis requires long-term work on both the social and the structural agendas. The speech also lays out a new "development framework." Such a framework would allow countries to look at the totality of change necessary to make development inclusive and sustainable
    DOI: 10.1596/26163
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    Development : A Coin with Two Sides (1999)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, writes that development economics is the discipline that addresses the world's most enduring problem: persistent and widespread poverty. Within this deprivation is another dimension: hundreds of millions of girls and women whose lives are diminished and shortened by inadequate economic means and discrimination in social status and medical attention. The end of the cold war has been accompanied by a growing recognition of the importance of political, social, and economic participation, by widespread demands for human rights and gender equity, and by an emerging globalized economy. This offers an unprecedented opportunity to make development work. There is a need for effective and impartial legal and justice systems, with protection of and positive support for rights and freedoms of various kinds, a well-organized and supervised financial system, effective social safety nets, and essential social programs
    DOI: 10.1596/26170
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    Foundations for a More Stable Global System (1999)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Abstract: James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the global financial architecture and developing countries. A stable financial architecture cannot be achieved without the proper structural, institutional, social and human foundations needed to make a modern market economy work. He identified the elements that should guide the choices of national governments, and the work that international institutions can do to assist them, and partnerships and co-operation between institutions. These include, first, good governance, strong public institutions, and a system that fights corruption; second, strong legal and a justice system able to guarantee the execution of those laws; and third, a well-regulated financial superstructure. Our social agenda should begin with those elements at the very heart of ensuring an opportunity at all levels of society: a good health system and an education system available to boys and girls equally. The environment is a crucial element in our foundation. We must resist a one-size-fits-all approach. At the Bank we work toward a comprehensive development framework agreed with each partner country
    DOI: 10.1596/26165
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