Activity Quote by Carlos Slim

Colombia has a big market that is growing because we are elevating people out of poverty and into the middle class.

— Juan Manuel Santos

It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the inequality is…

— Juan Manuel Santos

We may believe in the state's responsibility to alleviate the crushing poverty that afflicts 40 percent of Latin America's population, but most of us…

— Óscar Arias

In a country like Mexico, you can't forget about poverty - about how half of the population lives in poverty, and how half of…

— Jose Angel Gurria

I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance…

— Maxine Waters

I believe the conditions are very favorable for Mexico to grow. I'm very optimistic.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in India and…

— Dan Quayle

While a handful of countries and a small number of people are leading ample life, dozens of countries and billions of people in Africa,…

— Tran Duc Luong

Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.

— Jane Austen

Countries with higher incomes on average achieve better human development. I do not believe that growth alone will 'cure' poverty. But I do believe…

— Hilary Benn

Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere

— Jawaharlal Nehru

poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end…

— Gabrielle Roy