Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty..

So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty..

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

We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day..

If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else..

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty..

I think that's one of the reasons for the Sarajevo conference, that Yugoslavia, Serbia, return to the family of nations because enduring peace can on….

Kosovo is an agricultural economy particularly. It also has a couple of good power stations that exported power, and the big cooperative which they h….

If you want peace, you've got to deal with people; you don't just deal with objects. And whether they take it as a responsibility or not, the success….

In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge and ….

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 pov….

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….

Today, you have 20 percent of the world controlling 80 percent of the Gross Domestic Product; you've got a $30 trillion (US) world economy, and $24 t….

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..

The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue..

First of all, the people left, and they're now coming back. What we have to do is try and help them regain their lives, and the cause of the need for….

I was told 20% of the kids in Kosovo didn't know where their parents were. This is a dreadful problem. A woman that I was with, a doctor, had seen he….

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 re….

The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity, and growth or ….

Ownership is a sine qua non of sustainable development..

It's going to be possible to rebuild the physical aspects of Kosovo. I was there recently, and you get a sense of the destruction of homes. Infrastru….