Securing Development

Securing Development

Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, remarked that the traumas of fragile states and the interconnections of globalization require our generation to recognize anew the nexus among economics, governance, and security. Most wars are now conflicts within states, and fragile states account f...

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Main Author: Zoellick, Robert B.
Format: Speech
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
FRAGILE STATES
SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE
PEACEKEEPING
VIOLENCE
RECONSTRUCTION
BROKEN LANDS
UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/694131522071931285/Securing-development-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-World-Bank-Group
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spelling okr-10986-296352021-09-11T05:10:51Z Securing Development Zoellick, Robert B. FRAGILE STATES SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS INEQUALITY GOVERNANCE PEACEKEEPING VIOLENCE RECONSTRUCTION BROKEN LANDS UNEMPLOYMENT Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, remarked that the traumas of fragile states and the interconnections of globalization require our generation to recognize anew the nexus among economics, governance, and security. Most wars are now conflicts within states, and fragile states account for most of them. The "R" in IBRD has a new meaning: reconstructing Afghanistan, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, the Palestinian territories, the Solomon Islands, Southern Sudan, Timor-Leste, and other lands of conflict. One billion people live in fragile states. Zoellick provided ten priorities toward fragile states: 1) first, focus on building legitimacy of the state; 2) provide security; 3) building rule of law and legal order; 4) bolster local and national ownership; 5) ensure economic stability – as a foundation for growth and opportunity; 6) pay attention to the political economy; 7) crowd in the private sector; 8) coordinate across institutions and actors; 9) consider the regional context; 10) recognize the long-term commitment. He reviewed these principles in practice for Afghanistan, Haiti, and Liberia. 2018-04-05T21:06:15Z 2018-04-05T21:06:15Z 2009-01-08 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/694131522071931285/Securing-development-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-World-Bank-Group http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29635 English Delivered at United States Institute for Peace, "Passing the Baton" Conference; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech Afghanistan Haiti Liberia
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topic FRAGILE STATES
SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE
PEACEKEEPING
VIOLENCE
RECONSTRUCTION
BROKEN LANDS
UNEMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle FRAGILE STATES
SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE
PEACEKEEPING
VIOLENCE
RECONSTRUCTION
BROKEN LANDS
UNEMPLOYMENT
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description Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, remarked that the traumas of fragile states and the interconnections of globalization require our generation to recognize anew the nexus among economics, governance, and security. Most wars are now conflicts within states, and fragile states account for most of them. The "R" in IBRD has a new meaning: reconstructing Afghanistan, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, the Palestinian territories, the Solomon Islands, Southern Sudan, Timor-Leste, and other lands of conflict. One billion people live in fragile states. Zoellick provided ten priorities toward fragile states: 1) first, focus on building legitimacy of the state; 2) provide security; 3) building rule of law and legal order; 4) bolster local and national ownership; 5) ensure economic stability – as a foundation for growth and opportunity; 6) pay attention to the political economy; 7) crowd in the private sector; 8) coordinate across institutions and actors; 9) consider the regional context; 10) recognize the long-term commitment. He reviewed these principles in practice for Afghanistan, Haiti, and Liberia.
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