It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.

Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.'

World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation.

The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.

The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.

We do have some assistance from the World Bank but not from the IMF. We are not borrowing yet, but we are considering, in the future, borrowing from the Kuwait Fund to support our infrastructure development.