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Most people recognize that to create jobs is really the essential element in their drive against poverty.

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It's probably conventional wisdom now that you bring openness of markets only after the market has developed to a certain level.

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When I travel, I make certain that I spend at least half of my time in the field. You have to get out to meet people that are in poverty, that are looking to improve their lives. That's something that you can't read in books.

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I think that so-called capitalism and trade is a very important element in giving people opportunity.

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Rebuilding Afghanistan is not going to be solved by pouring billions in. Getting rid of the Taliban does not rid us of the problems of fundamentalism and instability.

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I have travelled in the country enough to know that the concerns of villages in Rajasthan will be very different from the issues in the villages of Tamil Nadu. Anybody who makes a general remark about India probably doesn't know India.

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In a democracy, you can be right and still lose power.

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If you enter the World Bank office in Washington, D.C., you will see written on the left wall, 'The purpose of the World Bank is to fight poverty with passion.' I had it put up there because I wanted something that unites us as an institution.

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You need to have a secure Israel, which is very clear, and you need to have a Palestinian community that feels it can have hope.

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I'm not at all sure that Israel can determine what happens in Palestine, the Palestinian territories.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Businessman

Born: December 1st, 1933

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