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" I think the implications for the rise of China are huge in terms of the political landscape, economic balance, de-velopment thinking, and the environment. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Political
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" Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe's entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe's productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia's. "
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Jobs
Russia
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" Changing much-cherished bank secrecy laws is worth the effort. Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens' trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation. "
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" Accounting for the unpaid care economy can drive progressive policies such as paid family leave, social security credits for early childcare, tax credits, and quality early childhood education. "
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Childhood
Education
" Women are often paid far less than men, while they also perform most of the world's unpaid care work. "
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Care
Far
Men
" Reliable numbers about the amount of dirty money around the world are difficult to come by. But according to an estimate by the nonprofit Global Financial Integrity group, $1 trillion vanishes from the developing world's economies every year. "
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World
Financial
Integrity
" Corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion are global problems, not just challenges for developing countries. "
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Money
Problems
Challenges
" Development is an endurance exercise with incremental improvements. "
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Endurance
Exercise
Development
" Financial inclusion helps lift people out of poverty and can help speed economic development. It can draw more women into the mainstream of economic activity, harnessing their contributions to society. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
People
Help
Financial
" Financial inclusion matters not only because it promotes growth, but because it helps ensure prosperity is widely shared. Access to financial services plays a critical role in lifting people out of poverty, in empowering women, and in helping governments deliver services to their people. "
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Only
Women
Financial
" In many countries, laws still work to women's disadvantage - for example, by requiring married women to obtain their husbands' permission to register a business, own property, or work. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Women
Work
Own
" Like many countries, Indonesia can transform its decision-making system to be more transparent and inclusive, particularly on resource allocation and use. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Like
Transform
Inclusive
" Infrastructure alone won't end poverty. The World Bank had to learn this lesson, too. While we believed too much in bricks and mortar in our early days, we now understand that bringing together funding, technical expertise, and tested knowledge goes much further. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
World
Alone
End
" At the World Bank, we are already working with our clients in developing countries to improve their governance systems, collect taxes, fight corruption, and recover stolen assets. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
World
Bank
Corruption
" While prosperity and longevity arrive together, they cannot be treated the same. With greater wealth, people in Asia may not have to work as many hours as they do now. But living longer means they will have to work more years, not fewer. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Work
Wealth
Together
" We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Poverty
Ending
Equality
" Conflicting legislation and regulations, overlapping mandates, unwillingness to enforce land use, elite capture, entrenched attitudes, and lack of incentives to influence behavior are rife in many resource-rich countries. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Capture
Influence
Lack
" Paternalistic regulations often prohibit women from holding jobs in certain industries: In the Russian Federation, women cannot drive trucks in the agriculture sector; in Belarus, they cannot be carpenters; in Kazakhstan, they cannot be welders. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Agriculture
Drive
Holding
" Economic success without accountability and social inclusion is not sustainable, and new governments often must face tough choices in order to protect the poor and vulnerable. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Face
Accountability
Choices
" I remember my first meeting with my management team when I became Indonesia's Minister of Finance. I was the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that job. Everybody else in the room was male. I knew then that I had to work harder than any man to prove to them that I was capable. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Man
Team
Woman
" Urbanization has relied on land conversion and land financing, which is causing urban sprawl and, on occasion, ghost towns and waste. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Urban
Land
Waste
" We won't be able to stop disasters from happening. On the contrary, climate change may increase the frequency and severity of floods, droughts and storms. But we are better equipped today to prepare for them and reduce their impact. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Impact
Better
Change
" Asia can learn much from Europe. Trade could be made easier in Asia, and the conditions for doing business could be improved by reducing red tape. In this regard, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea have done better than the best in Europe. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Business
Doing
Red
" If Indonesia improves governance of the fisheries sector and invests in large-scale maritime transport, it can double fish production by 2019. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Double
Production
Governance
" People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition. "
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People
Competition
Conflict
" I always enjoy the job and the work that I do, because that's the condition that I attach in accepting any job. This way, I can really work and dedicate myself to the institution for achieving the goal which I believe is a noble one. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Believe
Job
Myself
" People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Capitalism
Decisions
Process
" It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Political
Quick
Goes
" Until we know how many women own businesses, we may under-invest in them as entrepreneurs and economic drivers. "
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Drivers
Women
Own
" Do what is best for most people, not just a few. Prevent your elites and growing middle class, those who often benefit most from growth and development, from turning into a special interests group that blocks reforms. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Best
Special
People
" If managed well, urbanization can create enormous opportunities: allowing innovation and new ideas to emerge, saving energy, land and natural resources, managing climate and the risk of disasters. "
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Ideas
Energy
Innovation