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Posted April 24, 2012

NEW YORK – The annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have provided a window onto two fundamental trends driving global politics and the world economy.

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Breakthrough Leadership for the World Bank

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Posted March 28, 2012

NEW YORK – Last month, I called for the World Bank to be led by a global development leader rather than a banker or political insider. Now that US President Barack Obama has nominated Jim Kim for the post, the world will get just that: a superb development leader.

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A World Bank for a new world

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Posted February 24, 2012

NEW YORK – The world is at a crossroads. Either the global community will join together to fight poverty, resource depletion, and climate change, or it will face a generation of resource wars, political instability, and environmental ruin.

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Sustainable humanity

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Posted January 31, 2012

ADDIS ABABA – Sustainable development means achieving economic growth that is widely shared and that protects the earth’s vital resources.

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The power of living in truth

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Posted December 21, 2011

NEW YORK – The world’s greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership. With a commitment to truth – scientific, ethical, and personal – a society can overcome the many crises of poverty, disease, hunger, and instability that confront us....

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