Khalid A. Al-Falih Quotes

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

Learning from the American experience, governments around the world have developed national innovation policies and programs to accelerate their economic prosperity and to help their citizens and companies compete globally.

The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.

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

In this 21st century world, some of our country's most significant exports and imports extend beyond goods and services: They also include innovation, knowledge, discovery, and healing.

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

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

We are the number one economy in the world, and we ought to continue to pursue those kinds of policies that ensure that we maintain that position, like innovation and like technology and like education and like just research and development and discovery.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change.

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.

We know that a smarter Australia means a stronger Australia. An Australia able to grasp the opportunities of the Asian Century. A skilled workforce and a strong, productive and resilient economy. We know we'll only win the economic race in the Asian Century if we win the education race.

Our future progress and prosperity depend upon our ability to equal, if not surpass, other nations in the enlargement and advance of science, industry and commerce.

Education is economic development.

You cannot be pro business unless you are pro education.

In pursuing economic growth, India and the United States share similar values and similar challenges. We understand that the global economy is here to stay. To keep growing and leading the world in innovation and opportunity, the United States and India must trade freely, openly, and according to the principles of the global marketplace.

If you invest in education and training of our young people, what you do is you increase the future economic capacity of the nation.

What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow.

Australia's economic future depends upon getting smarter. This means investing in the skills and knowledge of our workforce.

Education equals economic growth.

Policies to strengthen education and training, to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and to promote capital investment, both public and private, could all potentially be of great benefit in improving future living standards in our nation.

Connecting small and medium-sized businesses to international markets can create work for host country nationals alongside refugees, building economic growth and resilience in host communities.

'Make in India' is great, but 'Make It Happen in India' is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It's about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering.

Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.