Economic Quote by Winnie Byanyima

The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated.

— Winnie Byanyima

“The more Africa depends on aid the less opportunities it creates for its people”

— Benjamin Kofi Quansah

Wealth inequality has increased.

— Cornel West

Africa is awakening. It's a huge market of almost a billion people with huge resources and a young population. People spend when they're young.

— Christoffel Wiese

Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty and inequality.

— Winnie Byanyima

“Incentives aren't the only thing that matter for economic growth. Opportunity is also crucial, and extreme inequality deprives many people of the opportunity to…

— Paul Krugman

Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which…

— Winnie Byanyima

The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in…

— Jose Angel Gurria

“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating finding, however,…

— Rutger Bregman

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

— George Monbiot

Developing good investments in Africa is by and large the best for the people of Africa that have a job, that have electricity, that…

— Erik Prince

“The idea was that inequalities increase in the early phases of industrialization, because only a minority is prepared to benefit from the new wealth…

— Thomas Piketty