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The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.

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You can't compete globally unless you have appropriate communication skills.

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Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.

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Many people of my generation grew up in developed countries thinking that the world was divided into two parts and that there was a wall round the developed world. They thought that poor people had no relevance to us. What happened on September 11 was that anybody who thought there was a wall now knows that there is no wall.

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It is possible to have a public education system that works.

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We have made a full frontal attack on corruption. The question is whether we can address the question of governance in developing countries and, particularly, corruption.

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But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong.

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I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there's no way that we're going to have a peaceful world for our children.

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If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream.

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As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have very little.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Businessman

Born: December 1st, 1933

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