Author: okonjoiweala
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Leverhulme Lecture and Distinguished Experts’ Dialogue
Thank you. It is an honour to address the participants and audience for this Leverhulme Lecture and Distinguished Experts Dialogue. I campaigned for WTO Director-General on a promise to bring a fresh pair of eyes and ears to the organization. Many of you have, in your own writing on law and economics, put forward ideas…
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AFRICAN UNION-AFRICAN CDC VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: EXPANDING AFRICA’S VACCINE MANUFACTURING
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…
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The Changing Face of Poverty: Can Africa Surprise the World?
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…
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Development: Towards 21st Century Approaches
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 Thank you very much, Harold Mitchell, Vice Chancellor Prof Brian Schmidt, Professor Stephen Howes and Professor Michael Wesley for your kinds words, and for such…
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Enabling Development: When can Technology be Effective?
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 Thank you very much. It gives me great pleasure to be here tonight and I am truly honoured to have been invited to speak at the launch of this extraordinary new…
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Albright Development Lecture
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 I am delighted to be here today. I am extremely honoured to have received this recognition and been invited to give this year’s Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture. It is…
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Drivers of Prosperity in Africa
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.…
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African Central Banks; Rethink Role or Stay the Course?
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…
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Licit and Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: Are Lawyers Heroes or Villains?
2015 Holt Distinguished Lecture Series The University of Pennsylvania Law School September 30, 2015 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed an honour to be back here at UPENN to deliver this year’s Holt Lecture at the Law School which has since the 19th century distinguished itself as the bedrock of the American legal profession. First,…
