Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON is a Nigerian-American economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. Wikipedia
Born: June 13, 1954 (age 69 years),
Quotes
edit- by N Okonjo-Iweala · 2014 · Cited by 2 — She said, "People knew about the economics, maybe the geography—but they didn't know how people lived"
- But in the legislature, there's still not quite the acceptance of letting women break through the glass ceiling. It's clearly a man's world.
- When it comes to election time, everybody wants all sorts of things
- Our politicians need to realize that you do not politicize the budget. In a developing country, that's lethal.
- Everything has become politicized, even corruption. People throw out corruption charges, numbers of missing income, that are untrue.
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483577. A conversation with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, JSTOR, 2 March 2014, Retrieved 04 November 2024.
- 4 Mar 2021 — has only just begun her run. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ... said “in every challenge, there is an opportunity”. For Africa, she .
- "You can't just have a World Bank and IMF, which are supposed to help in development, and have the richest countries control them."
[1] "Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation." [Interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2018 Women in the World Summit "You have to have a passion for development in Africa and the Caribbean." [Speech by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the African Development Bank Annual Meetings "Without good data, you're flying blind." [Interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2016 World Economic Forum] "Women need to be part of the solution, not just a part of the discussion." [Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2015 Women in the World Summit]
