Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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  • Leverhulme Lecture and Distinguished Experts’ Dialogue

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  • AFRICAN UNION-AFRICAN CDC VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: EXPANDING AFRICA’S VACCINE MANUFACTURING

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    Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, We all know that COVID-19 has devastated us health wise, taking 3 million lives globally. It has devastated economies, and necessitated an unprecedented response. Fiscal support, foregone revenue, and liquidity provision add up to more than 15% of global GDP of roughly $90 trillion. We were not prepared for this pandemic…

  • The Changing Face of Poverty: Can Africa Surprise the World?

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    Date: October 19, 2019Author: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala0 Comments The Changing Face of Poverty: Can Africa Surprise the World? The Robert McNamara Lecture Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala October 15, 2019 Harvard Kennedy School of Government Opening remarks Thank you all very much. It is a great pleasure to be here today and a true honor to have been invited to follow…

  • Development: Towards 21st Century Approaches

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    Development: Towards 21st Century Approaches Speech by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala December 4th 2017 2017 Mitchell Oration – Crawford School of Public Health Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Canberra Opening remarks Introduction 21st Century Challenges Multilateral Development Banks Technology Concluding remarks [1] http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/04/world-bank-forecasts-global-poverty-to-fall-below-10-for-first-time-major-hurdles-remain-in-goal-to-end-poverty-by-2030 [2] http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/overview#1 [3] http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/publication/poverty-rising-africa-poverty-report [4] https://data.oecd.org/oda/net-oda.htm [5] OECD http://www.fao.org/3/a-BO092E.pdf PG 71 [6] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW?locations=ZG…

  • Enabling Development: When can Technology be Effective?

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    Enabling Development: When can Technology be Effective? Speech by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala November 13, 2017 Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development Opening remarks Introduction Agriculture Education Health Governance Failures Framework and conclusion [1] http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2017/ITU_Key_2005-2017_ICT_data.xls [2] https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7524_supp/full/514S60a.html [3] http://irri.org/news/media-releases/ir8-world-s-first-high-yielding-rice-turns-50 [4] http://www.bushchicken.com/wp-content/uploads/mSTAR_Liberia_2-pager_MobileMoney.pdf [5] American Economic Review 2012, 102(4): 1241–1278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.4.1241

  • Albright Development Lecture

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    Breakthroughs in Development Speech by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala August 2, 2017 Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, USA Opening remarks Introduction Identity Women and Girls Drones Global Positioning Services Conclusion [1] International Energy Agency 2015 http://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2015/october/renewables-to-lead-world-power-market-growth-to-2020.html [2] World Energy Outlook 2016 http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energydevelopment/energyaccessdatabase/ [3] Tavneet Suri and William Jack, “The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile…

  • Drivers of Prosperity in Africa

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    Q&A with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former finance and foreign minister of Nigeria and World Bank managing director; now a senior adviser at Lazard May 3, 2017 https://www.eiuperspectives.economist.com/sustainability/global-development-goals-opportunities-and-obstacles/blog/drivers-prosperity-africa The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) asked Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former finance and foreign minister of Nigeria, about the drivers of prosperity and job creation in Africa and the developing world.…

  • How Africa Can Keep Rising

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  • African Central Banks; Rethink Role or Stay the Course?

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    August 3, 2016 Joseph Mubiru Lecture by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala [Pleasantries] 1. Let me start by offering my warm congratulations to the Bank of Uganda on its 50th Anniversary! This auspicious occasion is a good time to take stock of how far we have come and the challenges we confront as the journey continues. We…

  • Licit and Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: Are Lawyers Heroes or Villains?

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    2015 Holt Distinguished Lecture Series The University of Pennsylvania Law School September 30, 2015