Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities

Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, discussed Africa’s challenge to unleash the energy of the people, and give people the opportunity to improve their lives themselves. He talked about the challenge of corruption. He appreciated Africa for improving policies to make it easier for new busine...

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Main Author: Wolfowitz, Paul
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25887205/foreign-aid-challenges-opportunities-heritage-foundation-washington-dc-paul-wolfowitz-world-bank-president
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spelling okr-10986-248922021-04-23T14:04:20Z Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities Wolfowitz, Paul GROWTH RATES DEFICIT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BRAIN DRAIN CORRUPT PEOPLE EQUITY FLOWS MORAL OBLIGATION FARMER ILLITERACY INCOME INTEREST RATE OF RETURN GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PROPERTY RIGHTS EXCHANGE PRIME MINISTER GOOD GOVERNANCE SERVICES ENTREPRENEURS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MINISTER BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS CORRUPTION BUREAUCRACY NEW BUSINESS FULL ACCESS BUDGET MATURITY INSTITUTIONS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS GOVERNMENT POLICY FOREIGN AID LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES PUBLIC FUNDS CONTRACTS CIVIL SOCIETY ETHIC DEBT RETURN CONFIDENCE MEDIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL ENTERPRISES NATURAL RESOURCES CONFIDENCE OF INVESTORS FINANCE BANKS JUDICIAL SYSTEM EQUITY INFANT MORTALITY TRANSACTION INVESTORS GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY CAPITAL POLICIES TRADE FINANCE WOMAN FUTURE PARTICIPATION ACCESS TO FINANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT BANK CREDIT BUDGETS BRIBE NATIONAL INCOME ANTI-CORRUPTION MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT NEW BUSINESSES DIVIDEND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE PROPERTY BUSINESSWOMAN ASSETS MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS POLICY PRIVATE DEBT BANK ACCOUNTS GOVERNANCE TRADE INTERESTS GOODS INVESTOR GLOBAL TRADE SECURITY BUSINESS CLIMATE INVESTMENT STATISTICS EXTREME POVERTY NATURAL RESOURCE POVERTY COOPERATION BID INVESTMENTS COUNTRIES MUST LEADERSHIP CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY WHITE ELEPHANTS POOR GOVERNANCE FEES FAMILIES CUSTOMERS WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR CIVIL WARS FINANCIAL SECTOR GOVERNMENTS DEVELOPMENT BANK FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION DEBT RELIEF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GROWTH Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, discussed Africa’s challenge to unleash the energy of the people, and give people the opportunity to improve their lives themselves. He talked about the challenge of corruption. He appreciated Africa for improving policies to make it easier for new businesses to take off and for businesses that are established to expand. Africans are taking a lead in helping their continent turn the corner, and donors are raising the bar for development assistance to try to ensure that every dollar is used to create a healthier, better-educated, more prosperous Africa. Governance is taken seriously, with performance-based aid strengthening anti-corruption efforts. 2016-08-16T13:59:38Z 2016-08-16T13:59:38Z 2006-07-31 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25887205/foreign-aid-challenges-opportunities-heritage-foundation-washington-dc-paul-wolfowitz-world-bank-president http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24892 English en_US Remarks at Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., July 31, 2006; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic GROWTH RATES
DEFICIT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
BRAIN DRAIN
CORRUPT
PEOPLE
EQUITY FLOWS
MORAL OBLIGATION
FARMER
ILLITERACY
INCOME
INTEREST
RATE OF RETURN
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
EXCHANGE
PRIME MINISTER
GOOD GOVERNANCE
SERVICES
ENTREPRENEURS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MINISTER
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
CORRUPTION
BUREAUCRACY
NEW BUSINESS
FULL ACCESS
BUDGET
MATURITY
INSTITUTIONS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
FOREIGN AID
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
PUBLIC FUNDS
CONTRACTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
ETHIC
DEBT
RETURN
CONFIDENCE
MEDIUM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
ENTERPRISES
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONFIDENCE OF INVESTORS
FINANCE
BANKS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
EQUITY
INFANT MORTALITY
TRANSACTION
INVESTORS
GOOD
ACCOUNTABILITY
CAPITAL
POLICIES
TRADE FINANCE
WOMAN
FUTURE
PARTICIPATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
BANK
CREDIT
BUDGETS
BRIBE
NATIONAL INCOME
ANTI-CORRUPTION
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT
NEW BUSINESSES
DIVIDEND
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
PROPERTY
BUSINESSWOMAN
ASSETS
MARKET
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
POLICY
PRIVATE DEBT
BANK ACCOUNTS
GOVERNANCE
TRADE
INTERESTS
GOODS
INVESTOR
GLOBAL TRADE
SECURITY
BUSINESS CLIMATE
INVESTMENT
STATISTICS
EXTREME POVERTY
NATURAL RESOURCE
POVERTY
COOPERATION
BID
INVESTMENTS
COUNTRIES MUST
LEADERSHIP
CIVIL WAR
COMMUNITY
WHITE ELEPHANTS
POOR GOVERNANCE
FEES
FAMILIES
CUSTOMERS
WOMEN
ENTREPRENEUR
CIVIL WARS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
GOVERNMENTS
DEVELOPMENT BANK
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
DEBT RELIEF
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
GROWTH
spellingShingle GROWTH RATES
DEFICIT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
BRAIN DRAIN
CORRUPT
PEOPLE
EQUITY FLOWS
MORAL OBLIGATION
FARMER
ILLITERACY
INCOME
INTEREST
RATE OF RETURN
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
EXCHANGE
PRIME MINISTER
GOOD GOVERNANCE
SERVICES
ENTREPRENEURS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MINISTER
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
CORRUPTION
BUREAUCRACY
NEW BUSINESS
FULL ACCESS
BUDGET
MATURITY
INSTITUTIONS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
GOVERNMENT POLICY
FOREIGN AID
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
PUBLIC FUNDS
CONTRACTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
ETHIC
DEBT
RETURN
CONFIDENCE
MEDIUM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
ENTERPRISES
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONFIDENCE OF INVESTORS
FINANCE
BANKS
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
EQUITY
INFANT MORTALITY
TRANSACTION
INVESTORS
GOOD
ACCOUNTABILITY
CAPITAL
POLICIES
TRADE FINANCE
WOMAN
FUTURE
PARTICIPATION
ACCESS TO FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
BANK
CREDIT
BUDGETS
BRIBE
NATIONAL INCOME
ANTI-CORRUPTION
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT
NEW BUSINESSES
DIVIDEND
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
PROPERTY
BUSINESSWOMAN
ASSETS
MARKET
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
POLICY
PRIVATE DEBT
BANK ACCOUNTS
GOVERNANCE
TRADE
INTERESTS
GOODS
INVESTOR
GLOBAL TRADE
SECURITY
BUSINESS CLIMATE
INVESTMENT
STATISTICS
EXTREME POVERTY
NATURAL RESOURCE
POVERTY
COOPERATION
BID
INVESTMENTS
COUNTRIES MUST
LEADERSHIP
CIVIL WAR
COMMUNITY
WHITE ELEPHANTS
POOR GOVERNANCE
FEES
FAMILIES
CUSTOMERS
WOMEN
ENTREPRENEUR
CIVIL WARS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
GOVERNMENTS
DEVELOPMENT BANK
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
DEBT RELIEF
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
GROWTH
Wolfowitz, Paul
Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
relation Remarks at Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., July 31, 2006;
description Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, discussed Africa’s challenge to unleash the energy of the people, and give people the opportunity to improve their lives themselves. He talked about the challenge of corruption. He appreciated Africa for improving policies to make it easier for new businesses to take off and for businesses that are established to expand. Africans are taking a lead in helping their continent turn the corner, and donors are raising the bar for development assistance to try to ensure that every dollar is used to create a healthier, better-educated, more prosperous Africa. Governance is taken seriously, with performance-based aid strengthening anti-corruption efforts.
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author Wolfowitz, Paul
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title Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities
title_short Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities
title_full Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Aid : Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort foreign aid : challenges and opportunities
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25887205/foreign-aid-challenges-opportunities-heritage-foundation-washington-dc-paul-wolfowitz-world-bank-president
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