It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
“nineteenth century economic development was "the development of continents instead of coast lines."98” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce. — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
If you try to put social and cultural development ahead of economic development, it doesn't work. You have to do it all… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic… — Victor Ponta Copy Share Image
The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development. — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The fight against hunger and poverty is also predicated on the creation of a world order that accords priority to social and… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can't grow the middle class if… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
A peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely depend to a great extent on the economic development of a future Palestinian… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
We have lots of studies about what's wrong with our education system. We need to accept responsibility, be bold, find solutions and… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
When we planned our country's economic development, we had the strategic objective of our Revolution in mind. It was not planned for… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
I have to say that oil and gas revenues make up a large part of the Russian budget revenue. This is a… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“China’s building binge is the most striking example of what Prime Minister Wen Jiabao famously, but impotently, denounced in 2007 as the… — Rosemary Righter Copy Share Image
The Texas Republican Party is in many respects like the national party. We have different components that all add value in different… — George P. Bush Copy Share Image
“It had all been predicted in Herzl’s 1902 novel, Old New Land, in which he imagines visiting the new Jewish state in… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
“Illness and death are not the only consequences of the lack of access to water; it also hinders education and economic development.… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
“The only long-term, high-confidence strategy for the world not to be overwhelmed by terrorism is for economic development to go so well… — William W. Lewis Copy Share Image
My position is that the rate should align with the level of economic development. Because it is always about a balance, a… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We know that things like energy independence, getting off oil, getting out of the Middle East, and creating jobs and economic development… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow's outcome for our nation is dependent upon how we act today to create the outcomes we desire for our country. Individual… — Don Allen Holbrook Copy Share Image
India is a country of 1.25 billion people. We can't run our country if we get worried about every small thing. At… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“If mind belongs to humans alone, then stones, trees, and streams become mere objects of human tinkering. We can plunder the earth's… — Priscilla Stuckey Copy Share Image
“I have no criticism of the basic concept of irrefutable authority. Properly employed, it is the easiest, the surest, and the proper… — Rex E. Lee Copy Share Image
“but on Hegel, his "idealist" predecessor who was the first philosopher to answer Kant's challenge of writing a Universal History. For Hegel's… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want a janitor, a school teacher, the local pastor, whomever is involved in the community to sit at the table and… — Ashley Biden Copy Share Image
Production functions involving only land, labor and capital... never work and never explain economic development. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It Is in the Agricultural Sector That the Battle for Long- Term Economic Development Will Be Won or Lost. — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
There are patches in the GRC that are actually full of low-income people... and we cannot leave them behind in our pursuit… — Nicole Seah Copy Share Image
A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect for our… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture. — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent. — Mahnaz Afkhami Copy Share Image
One of my biggest goals is to spur economic development in communities and neighborhoods that have not had that before. — Kevin Faulconer Copy Share Image
The solution is to first create an integrated economic development and recreation plan that addresses the needs of the people who live… — Michael K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic… — Cliff Stearns Copy Share Image