Sharan Burrow Quotes

In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering.

Without a solution to the problems of the poor, we will not solve the problems of the world. We need projects, mechanisms and processes to implement better distribution of resources, from the creation of new jobs to the integral promotion of those who are excluded'.

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.

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

The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

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

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

A generation of entrepreneurs will mop up poverty at a rate that no government ever could.

Can You Fight Poverty With A Five-Star Hotel?

We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition.

Th direct elimination of elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product (GNP).

The fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, especially in its causes.

The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Those communities that were locked out of the last century's pollution-based economy must be locked into the new, clean and renewable economy. Our youth need green-collar jobs, not jails.

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that reduce poverty.

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population of the world lives on one or two dollars a day. And even as we have this poverty and backwardness, we are facing a global environmental crisis. We need developmental models that will take into account the specific and unique position of each country and at the same time will address the environmental crisis.

When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world... There is a stimulative and ripple effect that kicks in when women have greater access to jobs and the economic lives of our countries: Greater political stability. Fewer military conflicts. More food. More educational opportunity for children... By harnessing the economic potential of all women, we boost opportunity for all people.

No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If they had accustomed themselves to a more comfortable style of living, they would use every effort not again to sink below it.

The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so that these countries can get their foot on the economic ladder . . . Economic development works. It can be successful. It tends to build on itself. But it must get started.

The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.

You can't tackle climate change until you tackle poverty.

My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development.

I want to work for the poor in my country.