Goal Quote by Erik Brynjolfsson

It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead a global…

— Jeffrey Sachs

The new millennium began with a great global dream. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in 2000 and adopted, among others, a historic…

— Muhammad Yunus

If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the…

— David Korten

We have reduced poverty in the world by 50% since the year 1970 - the number of people who go to bed hungry, the…

— Michael Bloomberg

One of the things that people aren't aware of is how much progress is being made in eradicating poverty and providing a healthier life…

— Kathy Calvin

I think it's going to be a tough century; I also think people are starting to rise up, and that a growth in human…

— Bill McKibben

The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have…

— David Bornstein

When you look at the humanitarian issues - poverty, education, rights, violence - I think there are positive trends. But when you look at…

— Boyan Slat

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8…

— E. O. Wilson

The planetary phase of history has begun, but the future shape of global society remains profoundly uncertain. Though perhaps improbable, a shift toward a…

— Paul Raskin

I think that we are trying to move towards the First World slowly but surely. But we must do a good job for the…

— Juan Manuel Santos

In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more…

— Isabel Allende