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I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of its staff. We have fantastic staff. People told me as I was coming into the organization that the greatest asset of the World Bank Group is its staff, and I think there's no question that that's the case.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

At the World Bank, we are already working with our clients in developing countries to improve their governance systems, collect taxes, fight corruption, and recover stolen assets.

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.

To claim the World Bank is just an extension of U.S. foreign policy is just wrong.

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.

Bank of America is the story of some of the most ambitious, aggressive bank builders on the face of the planet.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

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.