Building Quote by Kofi Annan

Time and again we’ve seen that reducing poverty comes down to economic opportunity-not just connecting the poor to services like banking, but ensuring they…

— Leila Janah

Capitalism with near-full employment was an impressive spectacle. But a growth in wealth is not at all the same thing as reducing poverty. A…

— Joan Robinson

Chile needs to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more equal opportunities so that everyone can benefit from what the country…

— Michelle Bachelet

Encouraging self-sufficiency must be a bedrock for our immigration policy, with the goal of reducing poverty, strengthening the family, and promoting our economic values.…

— Jeff Sessions

If you always have consciousness of gender equality at the heart of your policies, then you will have much more democratic, much more sustainable…

— Isabella Lovin

Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot take for…

— Patricia Espinosa

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans.…

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Raising the minimum wage would be a positive step in reducing poverty, the humiliation of living in poverty, and dependence on public assistance.

— Ron Crumpton

Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress.

— Francois Bourguignon

“Although reducing poverty, economic insecurity, malnutrition and ill-health should be the primary driving forces, an additional factor is the stress being placed on societies…

— Guy Standing

Education is a human right with immense power to transform

— Kofi Annan

Professional accountants should use that influence to encourage the companies they serve to think long term and integrate sustainable development goals into their accounting,…

— Kofi Annan