Access Quote by Jacqueline Novogratz

While government clearly plays the major role in fighting poverty through policies on things such as education, tax, and trade, business creates the wealth…

— Sergio Ermotti

Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.

— Judith Rodin

Businesses just want to increase their profits; it's up to the government to make sure they distribute enough of those profits so workers have…

— Jose Mujica

There is great potential for investments that are built around improving social, environmental, and economic conditions.

— Peter Maurer

In order to counteract income inequality, it's essential to tackle poverty in an integrated way that has long-term impact. We need to give people…

— Helene D. Gayle

Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

I think we need to rethink a lot of business skills. In finance, for example, social impact bonds are potentially a way of providing…

— Nicholas Kristof

By going from the bottom-up again, we see where successes work, and you can also see where the status quo can be the biggest…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even…

— Bill Gates

I think the money for the solutions for global poverty is on Wall Street. Wall Street allocates capital. And we need to get capital…

— Kabir Sehgal

Impact investment is an important business driver, and more importantly, it is a business driver because clients want it.

— Sergio Ermotti

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And…

— Hans Rosling