Hugh Jackman Quotes

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

When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety and uncertainty.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

Countries should think of Haiti not as a place where to do charity but a place where to invest and do business. And doing business in Haiti means poverty reduction.

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.

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

We must embark on a bold new program for ... the improvement and growth of undeveloped areas. More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery .... For the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowledge and skill to relieve the suffering of these people.

China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them.

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

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

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

America has a critical place to play in the end of extreme poverty.

This is my first visit to Africa, a region where President Bush has voiced a deep passion for fostering and encouraging economic development, investment and trade.

I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.

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

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

It is past time to acknowledge that economic growth … is good, and that what the world needs is more of it.

Young people in the third world can participate in global security if they also can participate in global prosperity.

The U.N. has been focusing on the global goals in terms of trying to fight and eradicate poverty, and I feel like education is at the root of it all.

The only way really to influence countries, in terms of poverty, is to get them to change their policies and get them to understand what the issues are.

My main aim is poverty reduction in the state.

Ending extreme poverty is possible.