Marc Andreessen Quotes

Educated and productive young people are needed to help lift their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.

Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.

If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it.

Global poverty is falling faster today than at any time in human history.

Countries with higher incomes on average achieve better human development. I do not believe that growth alone will 'cure' poverty. But I do believe that growth is necessary.

By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty.

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

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

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

The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody.

For the first time in America's history, poverty is on the run.

More people in more countries, both developing and developed, have experienced larger increases in living standards than in any prior fifty year period.

China is a developing country and we regard subsistence as the fundamental human right.

… authors generally neglect that growth has lifted billions of people out of grinding poverty and that others may remain poor because of the developed world’s environmental concerns …

We need to build an Argentina with zero poverty.

At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

With political will and strategic initiatives, we can prevent more and more of our global neighbors from falling into the abyss of poverty and instead give future generations the opportunities they need to rise to their fullest potential.

Growing economies are critical; we will never be able to end poverty unless economies are growing. We also need to find ways of growing economies so that the growth creates good jobs, especially for young people, especially for women, especially for the poorest who have been excluded from the economic system.

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.

I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both.