If you want to blow each other up, I have a nice house in Wyoming, and in New York and in Australia and I will watch with sadness as you do it,

We are also looking economically at an 8 trillion dollar economy, in the developing world growing seven to eight times in the next 50 years and the rich world 2 1/2 times. These are dramatic...

We cannot turn globalization back. Our challenge is to make globalization an instrument of opportunity and inclusion — not fear and insecurity. With all the forces making the world smaller, it is time to change...

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,...

There is no sense in trying to help developing nations develop their capacity and build their economic viability if you don’t give them markets.

His work in the developing world has afforded him a deep understanding of the many challenges of development. He knows what a remarkable institution this is, he appreciates its outstanding team of development professionals, and...

At this moment the world is willing to help at the highest level,

We are looking to put together a package which will ensure the financial pressure is relieved for the coming period.

I think it will be a tragedy for both sides if that opportunity is not done, but can I give you a guarantee? No,

Some Palestinians are wondering why it shouldn’t be three months, or maybe one month or one week. They are forgetting that Rafah being in Palestinian and Egyptian hands, without an Israeli presence, is something they...

It seems to me that there needs to be some better means of … recognizing the solutions which are in both their interests. This is not a game in which one benefits and the other...

If you don’t pay the civil servants, who support 900,000 people, I’m afraid the frustration would reach a level where you couldn’t contain it.

We were a bit nonplused,

I know I do not need to tell each of you that the failure to pay salaries may have wide-ranging consequences — not only for the Palestinian economy but also for security and stability for...

Outside these walls, young people are demonstrating against globalisation, … I believe deeply that many of them are asking legitimate questions, and I embrace the commitment of a new generation to fight poverty. I share...

Time is short, and optimism is a fragile commodity, … miss this opportunity for change, we will regret it for the next decade.

blow each other up.

It would surprise me if one could win by getting all the kids out of school or starving the Palestinians. And I don’t think anyone in the Quartet believes that to be the policy.

If you are an envoy of the quartet, you have a certain amount of possibilities in negotiations. If you are the secretary of state of the United States, I would have to say, there is...

Unless a solution is found, we may be facing the financial collapse of the PA within two weeks.

The government of Israel, with its important security concerns, is loath to relinquish control, almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal.

In the event there is no resolution … any support that goes (to Palestinians) will have to find an alternative route.

Anwar is not only a friend and valued colleague, he was a distinguished chairman of our Development Committee, and a man who believed in speaking his mind,

Terror has reached our door,

It certainly is a surprise, and as you might imagine, we were just about to try and conclude our arrangements for a $3 billion package,

If you were in a job where it was unclear what the purpose of that job was and what the backing that you had was and who had the responsibility…you would probably wonder…if that was...

Our focus is on poverty, which is an issue that affects everybody, but there’s little doubt that other events of interest will make their way into different discussions,

We’ve been discussing (these points) for 20 weeks and have yet to reach finality.

We have authorized the release of funds from existing projects, and we are preparing emergency assistance for those countries that will require additional financing,

One need only look at the cement barriers surrounding these buildings to understand the big difference of the past year.

There is no sense of forcing; There is no sense of insisting; There is no sense of saying that we know better,

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.

It is not in the purview of the bank to either start globalization or stop it, … We have to recognize that globalization is taking place and work with that. We can’t change it, but...

I did embrace him (Bono) but I did not agree with him,

I share with my colleagues the feeling of distress from the problems that have arisen on the streets,

I am just going to see in the next quarter of this year what my own plans are, and see whether I can still make a contribution, or maybe there will be others who can...

possible to move in and out, and trade as freely as possible within the constraints of security for Israel.

We estimate that tens of thousands more children will die worldwide and some 10 million people are likely to be living below the poverty line of $1 a day because of the terrorist attacks.

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.

We are asking for calm, and the opportunity to build a bridge, … But it’s very difficult to build a bridge if only one side is building it.

The truth of the matter is … I have found it difficult to understand why on six issues in 20 weeks of negotiations it has been impossible to bring about more progress

I think that they are more likely to have Palestinians come behind them than throw them out.

We respect the demonstrators’ right to protest, but who wins by shutting down discussion of some of the world’s most pressing problems?

If we do not want to see rising tension leading to violence and chaos particularly just before the Israeli election we will have to develop urgently a convincing strategy addressing the PA’s financial and developmental...

The Quartet itself must continue, but the role of a disenfranchised leader of that Quartet does not seem to me to be a particularly attractive thing to spend your life doing. And so I am...

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...

We regret that there were those whose sole purpose was destruction, which coloured the currents outside these buildings.

HIPC is not a solution to poverty. HIPC is one step.

Good morning. Well, thank you very much. You got up very early.

I think the immediate needs of HIPC, subject to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the U.S. contribution, are probably met, … I think the $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion target is achievable, and...