The speech includes the discussion regarding economic growth. The overriding objective of this response is the alleviation of poverty and the acceleration of social progress. But this objective is simply unattainable in developing nations where the securing of sustained economic growth remains but an illusion. And so it is imperative that The World Bank do all it can to help our developing member countries secure that economic growth through a process of growth-oriented adjustment.
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1999/06/21
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President's Speech
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99973
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1
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1
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2015/10/12
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Opening remarks by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, at the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE)
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monetary policy;fiscal;access to reproductive health services;social issue;Maternal and Child Mortality;gender equity in education;Macroeconomic Policy;judicial system;civil society;supervisory mechanism;measure of poverty;Social Safety Nets;extent of poverty;increase in inequality;health and nutrition;universal primary education;power of judge;centrally planned economy;
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Wolfensohn,James D.
Opening remarks by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, at the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) (English). Presidential speech Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/481311468186568442/Opening-remarks-by-James-D-Wolfensohn-President-of-the-World-Bank-Group-at-the-Annual-Bank-Conference-on-Development-Economics-ABCDE