The World Bank Group Beyond the Crisis

Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, addressed the following issues: seeds of crisis; the changing context; responsible globalization; the current role of the World Bank Group; the role of the World Bank Group in a new post-crisis World; and the reform agenda. He pointed to four aspects...

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Main Author: Zoellick, Robert B.
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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spelling okr-10986-296342021-04-23T14:04:53Z The World Bank Group Beyond the Crisis Zoellick, Robert B. ECONOMIC GROWTH FINANCIAL CRISES GLOBALIZATION POVERTY REDUCTION DISEASE CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC COOPERATION UNEMPLOYMENT GROWTH POLES SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION DEVELOPMENT FINANCE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS BEST PRACTICES PRACTITIONER KNOWLEDGE LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY BOTTOM BILLION Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, addressed the following issues: seeds of crisis; the changing context; responsible globalization; the current role of the World Bank Group; the role of the World Bank Group in a new post-crisis World; and the reform agenda. He pointed to four aspects of Group’s future role: development finance; delivering knowledge products; the global public goods agenda (such as climate change and communicable diseases); and unforeseen future crises. Reform efforts include: 1) improving development effectiveness with a focus on results, decentralization, gender, investment lending reform, and human resources; 2) promoting accountability and good governance, and 3) increasing cost efficiency. He noted the completion of recent enhancements to the voice and representation of developing and transition countries in the Bank Group. Bretton Woods is being overhauled before our eyes. 2018-04-05T20:17:05Z 2018-04-05T20:17:05Z 2009-10-09 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/119141522053577316/The-World-Bank-Group-beyond-the-crisis-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-World-Bank-Group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29634 English Address to Board of Governors, World Bank Group, Istanbul, Turkey; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
FINANCIAL CRISES
GLOBALIZATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
DISEASE CONTROL
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
GROWTH POLES
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
BEST PRACTICES
PRACTITIONER KNOWLEDGE
LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
TRANSPARENCY
BOTTOM BILLION
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
FINANCIAL CRISES
GLOBALIZATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
DISEASE CONTROL
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
GROWTH POLES
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
BEST PRACTICES
PRACTITIONER KNOWLEDGE
LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
TRANSPARENCY
BOTTOM BILLION
Zoellick, Robert B.
The World Bank Group Beyond the Crisis
relation Address to Board of Governors, World Bank Group, Istanbul, Turkey;
description Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, addressed the following issues: seeds of crisis; the changing context; responsible globalization; the current role of the World Bank Group; the role of the World Bank Group in a new post-crisis World; and the reform agenda. He pointed to four aspects of Group’s future role: development finance; delivering knowledge products; the global public goods agenda (such as climate change and communicable diseases); and unforeseen future crises. Reform efforts include: 1) improving development effectiveness with a focus on results, decentralization, gender, investment lending reform, and human resources; 2) promoting accountability and good governance, and 3) increasing cost efficiency. He noted the completion of recent enhancements to the voice and representation of developing and transition countries in the Bank Group. Bretton Woods is being overhauled before our eyes.
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