Category: Speeches

18 April 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Bom dia! I have it on good authority that it is Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto França’s birthday. So let me start by wishing His Excellency many happy returns of the day. It’s an honour to be here at the Rio Branco Institute. Over the course of my career,…

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 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? 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

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…

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…

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

The Oppenheimer Lecture The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The Challenges of Economic Inclusion Solutions Conclusions

Reforming Nigeria’s Education System: Paradigm Shift Keynote Speech at the 2012 Isaac Moghalu Foundation LectureCivic Center, Victoria Island, LagosThursday July 12, 2012 Introductory Remarks The Role of Education in Development The State of Nigeria’s Education System Addressing the Challenges and the Way Forward. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, changing our education system and engendering a paradigm…