Author: okonjoiweala
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Advancing Girls Education and their Safety in Nigeria and Beyond
Georgetown University September 26, 2014 Challenges in Education Charting The Way Forward
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Unleashing the Housing Sector in Nigeria and in Africa
Multiplier Effects of the Housing Sector Nigeria’s Example Developing the Nigeria Mortgage Re-finance Company (NMRC) Simplifying land titling procedures Addressing supply-side constraints Outstanding Tasks Conclusions
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Leveraging ODA to Build Enduring Development Institutions: The Case for Vocational Education and Training
Leveraging ODA to Build Enduring Development Institutions: The Case for Vocational Education and Training Speech by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala June 23, 2017 Annual Conference of Swiss Development Cooperation École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Opportunity 1: Learning from existing models and investing in what works Opportunity 2: Innovation Opportunity 3: Partnerships with non-state actors Opportunity…
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Technical Symposium (WHO, WIPO and WTO) on “COVID-19 Pandemic: Response, Preparedness, Resilience”
16 December 2022 Excellencies,Dear brothers,Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank WIPO and DG Daren Tang for hosting us today and for hosting this Trilateral Symposium. Let me also join him in thanking all of you (both those who are here and online) for joining us today and welcoming our distinguished keynote speaker, Dr Salim.…
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Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development
16 December 2022 Ambassador Sofia Boza, Ambassador Jung Sung Park,Excellencies,Dear friends and colleagues, Delighted to join you this afternoon, the fact that the stocktaking meeting is being dne during the time when people are trying to achieve things, this is one of the really good things. I am proud of what you are doing, and…
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Overview of developments in the international trading environment
6 December 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to join you today to take stock of recent trade policy developments. Thank you, Ambassador VILLALOBOS (Mexico) for your introductory remarks. You all will have seen my Report which was circulated to Members on 22 November, in document WT/TPR/OV/25. Ambassador VILLALOBOS has already described how the…
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TESSD High-Level Stocktaking Event
2 December 2022 Excellencies, colleagues. Good morning everyone. It’s good to see you and it’s really fantastic to see a packed room. That shows the level of importance of this event. I’m delighted to be joining you and I want to say thank you to the co-chairs and colleagues who are joining us as well.…
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Trade Facilitation Committee — Dedicated Session on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Support
1 December 2022 Excellencies, I am very pleased to join you this morning. I understand you had a productive regular meeting earlier this week ahead of this session on technical assistance and capacity building support. The Trade Facilitation Committee provides a valuable feedback mechanism for the implementation of the TFA. It allows for experience sharing…
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2022 Lowy Lecture
Lecture delivered to the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia on 22 November 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It’s really an immense pleasure and honour to join you this evening. Thank you to Steven Lowy, Michael Fullilove and the Lowy Institute Thank you to the Australian government and all those who were instrumental in bringing me…
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Aid for Trade Global Review 2022
27 July 2022 Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome and thank you for joining this session on implementing the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies — with a focus on the challenges and opportunities for developing Members. I am happy to begin by announcing the launch of our publication on this topic, which I’ll be presenting…
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 