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Paul Wolfowitz on Priorities for World Development [10min]

A discussion on priorities for world development with Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. "It's striking to me how many Africans have spoken out quite forcefully about the need to stop viewing them as hopeless and basket-cases and start recognising that there are real opportunities there. It's a can-do attitude, as we would say in American slang, and we need to help them do it."
Read entire article at The World in 2006 from The Economist