If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
There are cultural reasons, economic competitiveness reasons. There are a lot of reasons why people are in poverty. The difference today is… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on.… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
The number one thing in this world that has brought people out of poverty is the ease of doing business. And it's… — Rick Harrison Copy Share Image
You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
We refuse to share resources; we govern irresponsibly. If we are confident, if we have some of our cultural values, then we… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Parents, teachers, professors, economists, pundits, entrepreneurs, tinkerers and misfits all have to do a better job of unapologetically singing the praises of… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
Historically, it has required a combination of favorable employment trends and active government intervention to lower the percentage of people in poverty… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image