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< snip > Current levels of foreign aid, at some 0.24 percent of annual GDP, fall far short of the 0.7 percent target developed countries promised to meet. < /snip > The Challenges of Globalization: The Role of the World Bank Public Discussion Forum by James D. Wolfensohn President The World Bank Group Berlin, Germany, April 2, 2001 Also available: Press Release World Bank Calls for Global Campaign to Halve the Proportion of People in Extreme Poverty by 2015 It is a pleasure to address you again in this beautiful city. I would like to thank Ms. Scheel, Chairwoman...

Good afternoon. I am delighted to be here. I would like to thank both the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council and the Fabless Semiconductor Association for organizing this important conference. My Bureau at the Commerce Department – the Bureau of Industry and Security – actually deals with a range of issues at the intersection of business and national security, including export controls, anti-boycott compliance, defense trade and offsets, imports and foreign investment that affect our security, and monitoring the health of our defense industrial base. The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan figure prominently in several of these areas. This afternoon I...

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) this week published in the Federal Register proposed penalty guidance for the settlement of administrative enforcement cases under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). In announcing the publication of the proposed guidance, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Kenneth I. Juster stated: “Providing the public with greater transparency and predictability in how BIS approaches these issues will promote both effective enforcement and fair resolution of cases.” The proposed guidance provides the public with a comprehensive description of how BIS determines what penalties are appropriate in the settlement of administrative enforcement...

Governor Jeb Bush is in Orlando to announce an expansion of Jet Blue. We've been telling you the discount carrier will train it's work force here by building "JetBlue U". The company will spend 160 million dollars to build "JetBlue U". They'll get 4 million in incentives from the city, county and state. Governor Bush says it's a winning approach, "You see in Florida we recognize that people, if we build the right business climate investment will occur, and jobs will occur and then local and state governments and the needs of people will be taken care of not by...

Objectives of a Lengthy and Comprehensive Campaign Warren Pollock March 8, 2003 The Globalization Bugaboo The Swiss Confederation Barbarians or Technical Engineers Protesting the Irrefutable The Recent Movements of Political Princes and Financial Priests Alas, The Coffers Are Dry The System Needs To Be Oiled Security Structure Objectives of a Lengthy And Broad Campaign Quoted Sources and Reference Materials Bio The Globalization Bugaboo Thomas P.M Barnett of the US Naval War College believes that wherever "globalization is thinning or just plain absent" you will find "regions plagued by politically repressive regimes, widespread poverty and disease, routine mass murder, and the...