But we should also from time to time recognize that this has been a remarkably successful decade for the developing countries, that many African countries are now growing at rapid rates, and that in Asia, nearly 40 percent of the world’s population is seeing sustained growth at unprecedented rates. In the process, the world is being transformed.
We wish President Zoellick every success in achieving the goals he has set out for the World Bank – goals that as they are attained will help bring the fruits of economic development to people and to nations who do not yet share in the historic global transformation now under way. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. BIS Review 121/2007  3