Shelley Berkley Quotes

Infrastructure is sort of that good spending in the middle, where even if you do misallocate resources a little bit, you still have something to show for it. It's tangible; it may help economic growth and so forth.

It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.

People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.

Building a road might create temporary jobs, but does it really create wealth if it doesn't also shorten commute times or otherwise make society better off?

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.

Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.

Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.

To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.

We want to refocus Nigeria to make sure that basic infrastructure is provided. The environment is created for private investment, both within and direct foreign investment. So jobs will be created. That is my dream for Nigeria.

If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.

The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.

We believe infrastructure is key to economic growth, and we will do what we can to develop infrastructure in India.

New highways, ports, and runways appear economically foolish if we don't understand the economic growth that flows from such investments.

I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state.

An investment in our kids is an investment in our future. It strengthens our economy through workforce development, attracts new jobs, and builds new industries in our state.

We need investment in green economy infrastructure; public services, training and education; and a multilateral plan to create youth job opportunities.

We want to clean up South Africa so that we can begin to make it more attractive to investors but at the same time to deal with the issues that are impeding growth.

We need to create jobs across Africa and provide its growing population with a route out of poverty where they are.

There is no country like the United States, with its diversified industrial base, technology leadership, innovation and strong pressure to build companies to make them grow.

What the federal government can do, especially as it relates to urban, inner-city America, is invest resources that would help create jobs.

We want real job creation and a fertile business environment for small business owners.

As a candidate for Congress, I proposed a federal infrastructure bank to help local governments fund badly needed projects, including ones in my district. We need to repair and expand our crumbling transportation systems by creating many good-paying construction jobs.

Investing in vital infrastructure will help to build more sustainable, equitable economies.

Improvement of civic facilities is among our priorities, and for this purpose, education, health, infrastructure and transport sectors are being improved through revolutionary steps. Citizens will benefit from all these projects, and their living standard will be raised.