Stef Wertheimer Quotes

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

I'm impressed by the economic development of Korea. And women scientists played, without doubt, an important role in it.

The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the country to establish its business culture and environment faster, based on international best practice.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.

The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.

Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.

If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.

Openness has been vital to Asia's fast growth in the past and it will continue to be crucial for the area's further development.

No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change.

A country's economic growth may be defined as a long-term rise in capacity to supply increasingly diverse economic goods to its population, this growing capacity based on advancing technology and the institutional and ideological adjustments that it demands.

In many countries, IT is a pillar of growth and attracts a lot more competitive talent.

I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.

America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage.

That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization.

India, China, and Latin America have a tremendous stake in the people's century. As their masses learn to read and write, and as they become productive mechanics, their standard of living will double and treble.

South Korea’s research and development output has increased from half the size of the Arab world to 20 times as large, and Israel’s research output on a per capita basis is 26 times as large as the Arab world’s.

The world view of economic development has completely changed: it is no longer believed to be driven by human labour, as Karl Marx said, or by capital, as Alfred Marshall stated, but is knowledge-driven.

A skilled, well-educated workforce will attract more companies and jobs to our state.

Germany and South Korea were able to lower unemployment through success in export industries.

In today's information-driven economy, business and scientific talent constrains growth.

In the 21st century, we face new and more intense global competition, spanning the ambitious and industrious economies from Latin America to Asia. To meet the challenge, Britain must rediscover and reward the lost virtue of hard work - a tried and tested route to individual success, national prosperity, and a fairer society.