Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON is a Nigerian-American economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. Wikipedia

Born: June 13, 1954 (age 69 years),

Quotes

• by N Okonjo-Iweala · 2014 · Cited by 2 — She said, "People knew about the economics, maybe the geography—but they didn't know how people lived"
• But in the legislature, there's still not quite the acceptance of letting women break through the glass ceiling. It's clearly a man's world.
• When it comes to election time, everybody wants all sorts of things
• Our politicians need to realize that you do not politicize the budget. In a developing country, that's lethal.
• Everything has become politicized, even corruption. People throw out corruption charges, numbers of missing income, that are untrue.
  • https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483577. A conversation with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, JSTOR, 2 March 2014, Retrieved 04 November 2024.
• 4 Mar 2021 — has only just begun her run. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ... said “in every challenge, there is an opportunity”. For Africa, she .
  • https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/nigeria-s-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-wto-what-s-next
• "You can't just have a World Bank and IMF, which are supposed to help in development, and have the richest countries control them."
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• "Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation."
  • [Interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2018 Women in the World Summit
• "You have to have a passion for development in Africa and the Caribbean."
  • Speech by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the African Development Bank Annual Meetings
• "Without good data, you're flying blind."
  • Interview with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2016 World Economic Forum
• "Women need to be part of the solution, not just a part of the discussion."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2015 Women in the World Summit

• "Corruption is not just a problem of Nigeria; it is a global problem."
• "We have to make sure that the benefits of globalization are shared more widely."
• "When women are empowered, they improve not only their own lives, but also the lives of their families and communities."
• "Development is not about helping poor people, it is about creating wealth, jobs, and opportunity."

Trade quotes

• "In every crisis lies an opportunity."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "Trade is a strong driver of global growth."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "Current trade issues are not purely the fault of trade policy."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "Digital trade is going to be the future of trade."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "Africa’s share of world trade has stagnated by 3 per cent because they are still exporting the same things."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "Africa must trade more with itself."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "Africa has potential not only for critical minerals but also for clean energy."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "The US should also think because trade is about interdependence, and if countries decide to trade by themselves, that won't work."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.
• "There is no country that can exist by itself."
  • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.

* "Sometimes trade is unfairly blamed for things that are due to technology."

• • Remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Reimagining American Economic Leadership, a CFR initiative of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, 2025.

External links

• Wikipedia article
• WTO Biography