Hosted by brookings institute, this is about 45 minutes. Good morning, and good afternoon, everyone. Its great to be with you, thank you for joining us. Im the vicepresident of the Global Economy and Development Program at brookings. Its a great honor and privilege for me to open this event, for development at brookings. Were very grateful for the participation of the u. N. Deputy secretarygeneral, and the Foundation President , both for exemplary liberal leaders on development to took time out of their busy schedule to be with us today. We are very honored by your presence and participation. The launch of the center is the historic moment for brookings. In the Global Economy, the need to build back better and more inclusive and sustainable economies have never been better. Policy makers and stakeholders will have both leadership on various aspects of Sustainable Development. We are grateful to all of our partners whose support has been instrumental to the inception of the center. The
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We are very honored by your presence and participation. The launch of the center is a historic moment for the program and for brookings. At a time of massive dislocation in the Global Economy, the need to improve policy is inclusive and sustainable. Policymakers and other people around the world have leadership on aspects of Sustainable Development. We are grateful to all of our partners whose support has been instrumental. A special thank you to richard who supports through the roundtable and Sustainable Development over the past several years have inspired the creation of the center. The launch of the center tsuldnt have been possible without the efforts of those that worked tirelessly so let me take a moment to recognize my colleagues and scholars including the director macarthur and the checks and Communications Team as well as the central Communications Team and importantly the commitment gof our president who is very passionate about Global Development. Thank you, john, for your
Everyone has no doubt use bandaids or tylenol. Those products are wellknown products produced by Johnson Johnson, but Johnson Johnson is also a giant in many other areas. It is taking a leading role pairing a vaccine for covid19. Its ceo is alex gorsky, a west point train former military man who has done an incredible job over the last eight years making this company the most valuable Health Care Company in the world. Some people say the most commonly spoken words in the english language today are can you hear me because of the zoom phenomenon, but i assume in your case, the most commonly asked question of you is when is the vaccine coming . You must get asked this every hour on the hour, so why dont i do this as well when is the vaccine coming . Alex its usually about every 15 minutes that i get asked that. Let me start by saying i could not be more proud of the incredible work that our scientists and engineers have been doing over the past five months to put us in the position we are