George W. Bush Quotes

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

Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.

The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the - not so very - long run.

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

Modi Model of Development is more a hype than reality, and the Congress has always stood for inclusive development.

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.

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

Educated and productive young people are needed to help lift their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.

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

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.

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

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.

Tourism in India has the potential to promote faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth. It could be used as a powerful antidote to tackle poverty.

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

If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it.

Some policies may promote growth in ways that will increase poverty; others may promote growth in ways that will reduce it. Some growth strategies may be good for the environment; others may not be.

Bend everything toward improving the standard of living of the people.

China is a developing country and we regard subsistence as the fundamental human right.

We will focus on the Zambian people as both the end and the means of development

… the world economy will only develop if it allows a dignified way of life for all human beings, from the eldest to the unborn child, not just for citizens of the G20 member states but for every inhabitant of the earth, even those in extreme social situations or in the remotest places.

… authors generally neglect that growth has lifted billions of people out of grinding poverty and that others may remain poor because of the developed world’s environmental concerns …

We know that over a billion people live in poverty around the world, and most of them are women and girls. If we can improve their lives, that has a positive effect on their communities, on their families, on their countries.

One of the most exciting opportunities created by renewable energy technologies like solar is the ability to help the world's poorest develop faster - but more sustainably too.

Africa is experiencing rising rates of growth, but will growth get translated into development?

Countries with higher incomes on average achieve better human development. I do not believe that growth alone will 'cure' poverty. But I do believe that growth is necessary.