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Web Wire | 1 month ago

AT&T Interactive and TED Introduce Official Mobile App for TED2010

...Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The...

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The State | 1 month ago

Gov't officials, bankers meet in Davos

...to find a path that is both effective environmentally but won't break the bank. - Virginia Mayo /AP Photo Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, of the World Bank, is seen on a...

"We hope to have a commitment to action," said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who is now managing director of the World Bank. "We've had a lot of talk. Now we'd like to see some action."

Corruption costs $1.6tn, UN says BBC News | 4 months ago

San Diego Union-Tribune | 1 month ago

Mexican leader seeks climate commitments at Davos

...at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) - AP Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, of the World Bank, is seen on a...

Independent.co.uk - World | 1 month ago

The Big Question: Is Nigeria teetering on the brink of a major crisis?

...throughout the entire west of the continent. Having the right people in charge is key. That was shown when Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was Nigeria's finance minister from 2003 to 2006.

PR Newswire | 1 month ago

TED Announces More Than 40 Corporate and Educational Sponsors for Upcoming TED2010 and TEDActive Conferences

...Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual...

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

...the critically acclaimed novel ''Beasts of No Nation (2005).' Prior to her ministerial career in Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala was vice-president and corporate secretary of the World Bank Group.

Reuters | 3 months ago

C.bank boss laments Nigerian culture of corruption

...foreign observers. Nigeria has seen vocal reformists like Sanusi before, such as former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu, but they fell...

FT.com - World | 4 months ago

Plea for deal on recovery of looted funds

...Sinosteel Corporation - have signed a letter calling for the Doha meeting to set up a credible review process. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a managing director at the World Bank, which is...

BBC News | 4 months ago

Corruption costs $1.6tn, UN says

...to expand the powers of the UN's anti-corruption convention. "We hope to have a commitment to action," said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who is now...

Reuters | 4 months ago

Corruption costs poorer states up to $40 billion a year

...those legal requirements, freeze the assets, seize them and send them back," she said. Okonjo-Iweala said she hoped the UN anti-corruption convention "will not be a nice plan that would...

Reuters | 4 months ago

Africa aid can lower reliance on US consumers-World Bank

"We need to look at a multi-polar world, because the dependance on U.S. consumption will have to shift," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director at the international lender, told a news...

Reuters | 4 months ago

DIARY-Japan-Nov 4 -BOJ's Shirakawa to speak, Nissan results

...Nov. 5 ECONOMY/POLITICS/MARKETS 2350* -- Bank of Japan releases minutes of Oct 13-14 meeting. 0130 -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a World Bank Group managing director, to speak at...