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Director, Development Data Group, The World Bank Group Haishan Fu is the Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group and Co-Chair of the Bank’s Development Data Council. In this capacity Haishan leads and coordinates the development and implementation of the Bank’s development data agenda. She has been an active leader in the global statistical community, having served or currently serving as a member of the UN Secretary General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, Council Member of the International Statistical Institute, and Co-...

Complicity of other folks? not just simply trump but other institutions? whether it be the congress, other institutions in producing this outcome. >> american institutions politically have become sclerotic. the importance of big money in being able to ensure that policies are not made to make something like infrastructure work, that our educational system is at the bottom of the oecd league tables, when we're by far the wealthiest country in the world. those are unacceptable and those are not just happene under trump but for a long time. technogy is the big piece that's changed becau 25 years ...

Truly believe there is no problem we cannot solve. it is a matter of focusing the time the attention the capital the technology on solving them. >> on that note do you think oceans are the new space? we just saw these incredible photos of pluto. might -- should we be dedicating the resources and public interest towards the seas that we have towards the skies? >> and of course it is both. but the technology that is enabling us. the cell phone technology we have is enabling us to build these kind of sensors and drones that so forth that are going to allow us to explore and see what is truly goin...

Like to be able to demonstrate as proof is that the united states is weak. >> reporter: the most pressing concern may be in nicaragua, whose marxist president daniel orring at the gas was the leader of the san dan niece ta revolution that controlled the country in the early 1980s and who remains a sharp critic of u.s. influence in the region. nick wag wa rants russian-made mig fighter jets, which it says will be used to fight drug traffickers and are purely defensive. any such sale could create a military imbalance in the region and spark an arms race among latin american nations. the topic of...

Controlled by the chinese govepn they know they can't keep information from the chinese citizens anymore, but they do populate those chat rooms with folks who are working for the government and monitor those who are potential dissidents closely. while -- the data revolution is something the chinese government has manipulated to their own benefit. something they're getting very good at. thank you very much, ian. >> my pleasure. we'll be in touch, as we look forward to the big summit, and we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you know what happens