Manmohan Singh Quotes

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.

A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nation's economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens.

The story of the next century is the transition from an industrial, resourced-based economy to a knowledge economy.

A country’s Internet infrastructure, just like it’s physical infrastructure, is essential to its economic competition and growth.

Technology is the foundation of the empowerment economy.

China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.

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

India needs to sustain its high growth rate.

India's prosperity is sectioned by geography, such as in Bangalore, where the information technology industry is prominent. Because they have a conduit out of India, competing in the world by the Internet, it's not regulated in corrupt ways, and it is very prosperous.

We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.

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

We look at the number of engineers coming out of India; we look at the growth of the economy, and it's clear that India is a place we want to be.

The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.

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.

No single number has become more central to society in the past 50 years” than gross domestic product.

We live in a dynamic time, where the rate of change and the rate of innovation are very high. It’s not equal in all segments or sectors of the economy, but we are seeing a lot of innovation in certain sectors, and I expect that to continue.

Technological change is never an isolated phenomenon. This revolution takes place inside a complex ecosystem which comprises business, governmental and societal dimensions. To make a country fit for the new type of innovation-driven competition, the whole ecosystem has to be considered.

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.

Physical infrastructure remains important (particularly in developing nations), but concurrently investing in the development of a knowledge-based economy is essential to sustaining healthy economic growth and creating well-paying jobs in a highly competitive, ideas-driven global economy.

I was an active participant in India's key economic reforms, including the third industrial revolution and now the fourth industrial revolution.

To ensure that the free world continues to set the rules of the road in the global economy, America and its allies must work together to continue to be the world's centers of innovation and technological advancement.

Our collaboration in building innovative technologies will support the Make in India vision of the Indian government.

Technology is probably the single biggest driver of productivity gains for the developed countries. For example, I think it's much more important than free trade.

Our demographic dividend must get the digital strength.