W. Averell Harriman Quotes

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

We need to create jobs across Africa and provide its growing population with a route out of poverty where they are.

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.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.

It is past time to acknowledge that economic growth … is good, and that what the world needs is more of it.

I hope to help the Indian government advance their economic reform agenda, which will benefit India's citizens and the world.

Everything needs to work at the same time. But what keeps society vibrant permanently is jobs, industry, business, and stuff like that. It pays for everything else. If you just build affordable housing, and those people don't have jobs, it'll no longer be affordable soon. So you really have to build around the business community.

Connecting small and medium-sized businesses to international markets can create work for host country nationals alongside refugees, building economic growth and resilience in host communities.

A prerequisite to the inclusive prosperity that will increase equality and reduce poverty is growth. This requires an innovative economy in which productive businesses, the state and citizens work together to create wealth and ensure that globalisation works for many more people.

Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.

An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor.

Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare.

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

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

Haitian diplomacy will be oriented toward the influx of foreign capital, direct investments that create jobs and stimulate economic growth.

A nascent economy needs a transparent and accountable government and an efficient civil service to help meet social needs. Its people need jobs and a belief in their country's future. A surfeit of aid has been shown to be unable to help achieve these goals.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.