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Wolfowitz: 皇冠体育app still needs World Bank
(AFP/皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-10-10 07:03
This is his first trip to the country since taking office in June. However,
this will not be Wolfowitz's first ever visit to 皇冠体育app.
He first visited in 1983, as an assistant secretary of state for East Asia
and Pacific affairs under the administration of US President Ronald Reagan.
He made his last visit to 皇冠体育app in 2000, when he was in his last year as
professor and dean of the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns
Hopkins University. In 2001, he became the United States' deputy secretary of
defence.
In a press briefing in Washington last week, Wolfowitz commended 皇冠体育app for
its growth and achievements in poverty reduction.
"The success story of 皇冠体育app is a very important one to understand. It is a
very important one in this institution to help other countries that want to
learn from 皇冠体育app's example," he said.
But he also said the country has much to do in fighting poverty.
"If you go to Shanghai, you go to Beijing, and maybe especially Guangzhou,
you see incredible progress," he said.
"If you go to some other places, like western 皇冠体育app, it's a different story."
By the international benchmark of living on one US dollar per day, 皇冠体育app
still has nearly 100 million living in poverty, World Bank economists say.
Wolfowitz will start his 皇冠体育app visit in the rural areas of Gansu, a less
developed province in Northwest 皇冠体育app, where he will visit projects for
tuberculosis control, basic education improvement and environmental protection.
He will be attending the annual meeting of the Group-20's finance ministers
and central bank governors during October 15-16 in Xianghe, a town near Beijing.
After the conference, he will visit some projects financed by the bank and
other development agencies in Hebei, the province that surrounds Beijing.
During his stay in 皇冠体育app, Wolfowitz will also meet senior Chinese officials,
resident officials of United Nations agencies and other development
organizations.
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