Tag: Robert B Zoellick

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 19:38 UTC

  World Bank and France criticize Argentina’s “mistake” and international law breach

  

  Argentina's move to nationalize local oil company YPF, controlled by Spain's Repsol, was strongly criticized by the World Bank president Robert Zoellick and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé.

• Monday, February 27th 2012 - 17:39 UTC

  China at turning point: current model is unsustainable says the World Bank

  

  The World Bank has warned China’s government that it must relax its grip on industry and move towards a free-market economy.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 20:30 UTC

  Don’t forget poor nations, victims of Euro crisis, World Bank tells G20

  

  Development banks could provide up to 200 billion dollars in financing to help poor nations deal with shockwaves caused by the European sovereign debt crisis, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:31 UTC

  The G20 test is if it can prevent a future financial crisis, says Zoellick

  

  The true test for the G20 will be whether it can prevent a future financial crisis, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick said Friday ahead of the upcoming G20 summit in Cannes.

• Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 07:23 UTC

  World Bank calls on Germany to take stronger political leadership in Euro crisis

  

  The World Bank has called on Germany to take a stronger political leadership role in Europe in order to end the Euro zone debt crisis.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 21:20 UTC

  EU and US debt crises contagion threatens developing world investor confidence

  

  The head of the World Bank on Monday said a drop in investor confidence was already feeding through to developing nations from a growing debt crisis in advanced economies and urged “cooperative action.”

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:13 UTC

  “Time for muddling through is over” Zoellick tells the US, EU and Japan

  

  The head of the World Bank said Wednesday the world had entered a new economic danger zone and that Europe, Japan and the United States all need to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down the global economy.

• Monday, September 5th 2011 - 01:18 UTC

  The big questions China still has to answer according to World Bank chief Zoellick

  

  The world’s economic leaders need to “rebalance” their thinking as well as their economies. Fiscal and monetary policies have dominated. That makes sense to a degree: decisions on deficits, debt and the Euro zone this autumn may well determine whether the global economy slides deeper into danger, or begins the long climb back.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2011 - 07:28 UTC

  World Bank calls on governments to work on long-term debt curbs

  

  The World Bank has called for national governments to seek long-term debt curbs to solve the current sovereign debt crises in Europe and the United States, but said it was too early for special action by the Group of 20 nations.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:08 UTC

  Loss of confidence in economic leadership leaves world economy in “new danger zone”

  

  The loss of market confidence in economic leadership in key countries like the United States and Europe coupled with a fragile economic recovery have pushed markets into a new danger zone, something that policymakers have to take seriously, the head of the World Bank said on Sunday.