. >> world bank president robert alexa's histories warning lights are flashing. -- robert zellick. he plans to discuss these trends in a meeting with the international monetary fund officials next week. this is 55 minutes. i am very pleased to have the opportunity to do with you. in a village in china people gather to discuss the future. they do not want handouts, policy prescriptions, and they certainly do not want lectures from visiting dignitaries. they want a chance. they're willing to leave their past behind. are we? richard news that an earnest make combine their experience in a book -- richard newstat and earnest may combine their experience and a book. so what question should we be considering in the uncertain autumn of 2011? how do today's challenges relate to what has gone on before? the world banks upcoming meetings are a descendant of others. a historic conference laid the groundwork for three projects laid the basis for what we still consider the project today. a project for the international monetary fund so as to manage adjustments and exchange rates and to avoid cur