Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

...Electric and Tianwen Huang of 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 co-leading an international...

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Two previous summits have failed 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 managing director of the World...

In this article: United Nations, World Bank, Tax, Doha, Qatar, Zimbabwe, Russia, Iran, and China

...because they can waive all 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 gather dust" but one every...

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...meet in Scotland this week. "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 conference. "There are...

In this article: Africa, United States, World Bank, France, and Scotland

...Katsuya Okada and other senior officials from the Japanese government 2350* -- Bank of Japan releases minutes of Oct 13-14 meeting. 0130 -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a World Bank Group managing director, to speak at the Foreign Correspondents'...

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T> Q2 results Thursday, 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 the Foreign Correspondents' Club...

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...speakers have included 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 annual TED Conference takes place...

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...positions. But while there was a healthy dose of lip-service to "women's issues," there was also an unusual amount of candor and irreverence. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director of the World Bank in Nigeria, implored people to stop...

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...industrial relations intentions will coincide with an assault on the Coalition's economic credentials, after World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala rejected opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey's description of the G20 as a...

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...that wanted to put government at the centre of people's lives. World Bank managing director Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says she doesn't "support or second that reading''. In an interview on ABC Radio's Sunday Profile program, she said...

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