It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with failed or failing neighbors can lose access to the world economy. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
Great upheavals produce shock waves that widen cracks in political, economic, and security orders. Sometimes the old orders break. Yet it can be in the power of leaders and peoples to shape the directions of change. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must ‘modernize multilateralism.’ Robert Zoellick Read Quote
One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
My true love is history, but I didn’t know how I could make a living at it. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions, likely opposition, implementation, legal issues, resource dimensions, communications – and how the problem fits into a stream of other issues. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere. Robert Zoellick Read Quote
