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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the director-general of the World Trade Organization

April 2023

  • A government food distribution point in Peshawar, Pakistan, 10 April 2023

    The world desperately needs a fairer economy – here’s how we can make that happen

    Mia Mottley and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    Inflation and the climate crisis are hitting developing economies hardest. Trade is the key to helping them, say Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization

November 2021

  • A health worker prepares a malaria vaccination at Yala hospital in Kenya in October

    Opinion
    The world finally has a malaria vaccine. Now it must invest in it

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    As an economist I know it makes financial as well as ethical sense to get this world-first vaccine to the millions who need it

October 2015

  • In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Mala<br>In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a railway line that was washed away in Bangula.

    African countries turn to insurance to safeguard against climate change

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Lars Thunell
    An African Union agency designed to respond quickly and effectively to natural disasters is transferring the burden of climate risk from governments to markets

May 2014

  • A protest outside the Nigerian high commission in London

    Women's rights and gender equality
    Nigeria is defending our girls

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: The Nigerian government has done much for women's rights. Boko Haram must not be allowed to undo our work

September 2013

  • A malaria-infected baby lays in a bed in

    Poverty matters blog
    The Global Fund has shown what aid can achieve – let's keep it that way

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Sustained funding is vital to an initiative that has saved 9 million lives and helped to put TB, malaria and HIV on the back foot

July 2013

  • MDG employment in Nigeria and Africa

    Poverty matters blog
    How can we provide enough jobs for young people in Africa?

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: The security of Africa's development is under threat. We cannot afford to exclude young people from economic opportunities

January 2005

  • One in five Africans live in Nigeria - and need aid

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: This is a pivotal year for Africa; Britain has set up a Commission for Africa; the Make Poverty History coalition is campaigning for the poor in my continent and around the world; and more far-reaching debt cancellation is once again on the table.

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