Jose Angel Gurria Quotes

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.

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.

For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade of each becomes more valuable to the other.

If the United States does well [economically], then the whole world does well.

Economic diseases are highly communicable. It follows, therefore, that the economic health of every country is a proper matter of concern to all its neighbors, near and distant. Only through a dynamic and a soundly expanding world economy can the living standards of individual nations be advanced to levels which will permit a full realization of our hopes for the future.

If you want your country to be competitive in the 21st century economy, a big financial sector is fundamentally bad news.

We are only 5 percent of the world's population and 20 percent of the world's economy. We have to be able to trade in order to grow.

Our country has the potential not just to be the giant of Africa but a major economic giant in the world.

Our mission is to make the world economy work better.

I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.

China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy.

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.

I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.

The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.

The key to a resilient global recovery, where growth in each country advances growth in every country, is action directed at supporting demand at home.

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.

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.

Monetary policy itself cannot sensibly be directed at reducing imbalances.

What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.