Christine Lagarde

When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going…

— Christine Lagarde

The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.

— Christine Lagarde

Diversity in and of itself is a strong positive.

— Christine Lagarde

People can buy the kind of things they consider as normal and take for granted because of globalization and trade and use…

— Christine Lagarde

Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

— Christine Lagarde

In the area of trading, it is now an academically demonstrated fact that women tend to be a little bit more risk-adverse.…

— Christine Lagarde

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time.…

— Christine Lagarde

The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European…

— Christine Lagarde

Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about…

— Christine Lagarde

When I started my life as a baby lawyer, I was interviewing with all the best firms then at the time, and…

— Christine Lagarde

We need to put our good research, our good work, our principles into actionable items whenever we can.

— Christine Lagarde

When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with…

— Christine Lagarde

It's a question of not so much pushing the boys out of the picture, but making the whole frame bigger so that…

— Christine Lagarde

I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.

— Christine Lagarde

There are goods that are outside trade and in the public domain and that should be reserved and protected.

— Christine Lagarde

Regulation is necessary, particularly in a sector, like the banking sector, which exposes countries and people to a risk.

— Christine Lagarde

I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a…

— Christine Lagarde

In the 2013 Economists Program, we hired 51 percent women, 49 percent men. And the reason for that is that we have…

— Christine Lagarde

If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not…

— Christine Lagarde

Gender-dominated environments are not good... particularly in the financial sector where there are too few women. In gender-dominated environments, men have a…

— Christine Lagarde

Markets love volatility.

— Christine Lagarde

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

— Christine Lagarde

I think there are multiple studies now to demonstrate that diversity, a better balance between genders, but also between different fields as…

— Christine Lagarde

Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis.

— Christine Lagarde

We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.

— Christine Lagarde