A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes

Economic development is a great pacifying force.

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

My dad's main client was the World Bank, and he spent most of his time traveling to Third World countries. His particular interest lay in the eradication of poverty through development and business.

My dream is for Malawi to be poverty-free, and I intend to eradicate poverty through economic growth and wealth creation.

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.

China is still a developing country with a myriad of tasks and challenges.

It's great to see countries like China and India lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty by essentially copying Western ways of doing things.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

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.

At the same time, we are keenly aware that China is still the largest developing country in the world and we need to make long and hard efforts if we are to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and basically achieve modernization.

Debt relief without the opening of markets will not relieve third world countries from their poverty.

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.

Except for a few oil-rich countries, no developing country has successfully modernized without slowing population growth.

My final aim is to bring Iran, within twenty years, to the same level of civilization and progress as will be enjoyed by the most highly developed countries. During the last ten years the degree of our backwardness has been halved, but it is this remaining backwardness which will be the most difficult to combat.

Simple projects such as paving roads, can do more to boost a poor economy than a premature push to develop cutting-edge technologies, but soon the benefits of basic infrastructure run their course.

China is developing very quickly. At every stage, its needs are different.

Globalization and technical change are the guarantee of our future prosperity. And reversing on that will not only make things worse, but it will make things worse for a very large number of people around the world who have benefitted - people in China and India who have been dragged out of the most awful poverty.

We want to make Uttar Pradesh the most developed state in the country.

What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.

Between 2001 and 2011, Brazil lifted 20 million people out of poverty and into its growing middle class, and in the last quarter of the twentieth century Botswana's gross domestic product per capita grew faster than that of any other country on the planet. The once-labeled 'Third World' is edging its way into the 'First World.'

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.

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

Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.