Accelerate Quote by Rajiv Shah

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

— Robert D. Kaplan

Development which has no regard for whom or what it harms is not development. It is the opposite of progress, damaging the Earth's capacity…

— George Monbiot

Parallel to our vast strides in technology, there is a dangerous rise in unemployment, foreclosures, and degrading education. Millions of people are stricken with…

— Radhanath Swami

Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.

— Ban Ki-moon

Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial…

— King Hussein I

It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.

— Andrew Mitchell

Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing poverty, we…

— Barack Obama

We are too quickly losing important landscapes in this country to development - and I worry that if we do not act to protect…

— Louis Bacon

It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the early twenty-first century.

— Robert D. Kaplan

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

— Paul Kagame

The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.

— Paul Polman

We must be practical. Talking about trade and other nice things are more soothing to the ear than security. But it won't be until…

— Ali Bongo Ondimba