Olusegun Obasanjo Quotes

We are determined to improve the economic environment by getting foreign investors in and by cutting red tape.

We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.

France desperately needs to work on its competitiveness and attractiveness.

Businesses need certainty, to see clearly the rules of engagement for investing in South Africa.

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

China will stay firmly committed to the basic state policy of opening-up. We will actively and effectively use foreign investment, improve its structure, diversify its form and open up more channels and sectors so as to facilitate investment.

If you want to attract more investment, foreign investment, more talent, more business, I think having some level of certainty that the business environment respects, those who have been your partners for a long time, is important.

Let me assure you that the ANC [African National Congress] is not an enemy of private enterprise …. We are aware that the investor will not invest unless the security of that investment is assured. The rates of economic growth that we seek cannot be achieved without important inflows of foreign capital. We are determined to create the necessary climate that the foreign investor will find attractive.

We need to go faster on structural reforms in France.

We recognise the need for government to provide a clear and stable regulatory framework so as to release the investment power of business in order to deliver progressive public policy.

We must deregulate, we must provide an investment climate by giving incentives.

We need to work together as social partners to focus on our economy by removing all the obstacles to investment and move South Africa to a higher level of growth.

We want real job creation and a fertile business environment for small business owners.

The consensus we arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST is a major breakthrough. This alone has the potential to make India competitive and attractive for investment.

India offers demographic dividend, democracy and demand...3D. I have added a new D. De-regulation.

In terms of competitiveness of new global environment, Kenya will have absolutely no choice but to tackle the most important constraint to its development: it has been corruption.

Do we want more of the same regulatory mission creep that has helped to harm America's poor and middle class? Do we want more of the policies that have stifled growth? Or do we want something else, something different, something that focuses on the need to reevaluate the size, the scope, the cost, the reach of the federal government?

Our focus must be on making America the best place on earth to do business.

More reforms will give more impetus to German industries to invest in India. German companies want to be treated on par with Indian companies, and creation of an equitable market is crucial for investments.

Our institutional framework needs to be bolstered further. We have to implement laws like the proposed Bankruptcy Code and GST (Goods and Services Tax), which will create efficiencies and strongly support the business environment.

We've become a collectivist economy in Illinois. It's crushing us. And no problem is going to get fixed unless we bring more economic freedom into the state. And I believe that very passionately.

All I'll say is if you look at countries where it is - where they are rapidly growing, they're investing in their infrastructure. They're investing in their educations. They are trying to streamline regulations, but they're not neglecting key investments.

America has a unique combination of talent, a vibrant business environment, and access to global markets, which has enabled U.S. companies like Intel to foster economic growth and innovation.

We have to shift the social model from a lot of formal protections toward loosening bottlenecks in the economy.

Trump's corporate tax reform would restore America's position as the most hospitable investment climate in the world. For a change, businesses and their cash would come back home.