Evan Davis Quotes

I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.

I can't apply $3 billion in capital to the tech industry. It wouldn't work. But in infrastructure, education, I can make a real difference. I can change someone's life, for the better, permanently. If I can improve a kid's education, I can increase their salary later on and for decades.

Iraq is short on capital, short on electricity, and short on management expertise, but it does not lack economic enthusiasm.

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.

Brazil must increase the value of its human capital by investing in knowledge and technology.

It’s the private sector that produces the jobs, but the private sector needs roads and an educated workforce.

The real world is somebody is going to win; somebody is going to lose. There are costs to everything, but if you make the long term investment which is investment in education, public health and infrastructure, then we will have a better world.

We should be growing and make ourselves, as a state and a nation, more competitive. India, China and these other countries are not waiting for us.

For Modi, India offers a great opportunity for development with excellent natural and human resources.

Long-term economic growth depends mainly on nonmonetary factors such as population growth and workforce participation, the skills and aptitudes of our workforce, the tools at their disposal, and the pace of technological advance. Fiscal and regulatory policies can have important effects on these factors.

Optimizing return on capital will generate less growth than optimizing return on education.

The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

Got to build that business base and then you can fund all the things people want: education, health care, strong law enforcement, roads, bridges, infrastructure - all those things flow from that economic base.

Africa will thrive.

When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers.

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

When ministers in this government talk about investing in education and skills, about making the planning system work; about employment law reform and delivering transport and power generation and broadband communication infrastructure, we are talking about raising Britain's productivity.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

Egypt has great potential because of the latent power of its human capital.

That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow.

Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research universities coupled with the Desert Research Institute.

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'

I want to see talent and companies and money and entrepreneurs moving to Chicago.