David Lidington Quotes

The way forward for Africa is investment.

The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.

Educated and productive young people are needed to help lift their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.

Global poverty is falling faster today than at any time in human history.

You cannot fight poverty unless you have stability.

Growth and prosperity. These are the blocks with which we must build our welfare society.

States and nations do not build wealth by storing cash in a bank vault. They build wealth by expanding human solutions to human problems in order that more and more of her people — living and yet to be born — are able to enjoy a higher quality of life.

We need to make India capable, prosperous.

People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.

Africa will thrive.

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.

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

Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough.

I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both.

Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity.

'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa.

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

The one thing you learn from looking at places like Afghanistan is that the power of business to do good is enormous.

A dynamic economy begins with a good education.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.

If you want to help the poor and our next generation, make investment, reinvestment and businesses welcome.

If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it.

Humanitarian help will never solve any problems. It is necessary to help us create some kind of economic infrastructure.