Mo Ibrahim Quotes

We have a growing interest in Africa’s success.

Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

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

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

Poverty and backwardness in the midst of clear waters and verdant mountains is no good, nor is it to have prosperity and wealth while the environment deteriorates.

It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare.

The future of Africa is in innovative engineering.

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

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

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

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich.

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.

Instead of condemning Israel, the underdeveloped countries should take it as an example of how to build an advanced, prosperous nation.

Except for a few oil-rich countries, no developing country has successfully modernized without slowing population growth.

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

The economic development of the country must come first. Education and the raising of the standards of the people will follow. Afterwards political development may be possible.

I think what Punjab needs today is vigorous economic development and rebuilding of trust and social cohesion.

We have a vision of a strong and prosperous India and an equally strong belief that this vision is achievable.

If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.

In Odisha, we have concentrated on people and their development. We hope to take Odisha to new heights.

I would like to pass into history as the man of the economic miracle of Angola... That's my mission.

People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.

We want to make Uttar Pradesh the most developed state in the country.