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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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.… Read more
