What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas … - James Wolfensohn

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James Wolfensohn

What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can do more on prevention but we have crucial needs at the moment just to get people out of poverty and to get the eight hundred million people that go to bed at night hungry, give them some food and some hope.

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