142 quotes found
“She said they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential”
“People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them wi...”
“What I did not know yet about hunger, but would find out over the next twenty-one years, was that brilliant theorists of economics do not find it worthwhile to spend time discussing issues of pover...”
“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 gros...”
“I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the population to take care of itself.”
“There was a problem: No one cared about human rights anymore, not at home or abroad. They cared about growth--hoped for and celebrated in all the newspapers, invoked by zealous bureaucrats in every...”
“Not all developing countries are the same.”
“Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.”
“This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a few will turn tiny loans into a viable business is simply unrealistic.”
“Interestingly, do you know who is the most difficult person to love? It is easy to love friends and not too difficult to love those less fortunate than ourselves. It certainly isn't easy loving ene...”
“As man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander and diviner thing. As he values his own rights, he begins to value the rights of others. And when all men g...”
“Ban privileges. The rules of the game should be the same to all players, regardless of their size, location, or any other criteria”
“The same principles that make up a good story also make up a good life.”
“Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone.”
“Science is the best idea humans have ever had.”
“OURSOCIETY ISCONTROLLED BY LAWYERSAND FINANCIERS"PROBLEMMAKERS WE NEED TO EVOMETO A SOCIETY LEAD BYCREATORS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS PROBLEMSOLVERS. SURELY WE WILLHAVE MORE INGENUITYCOOPERATION ANDPEACE”
“In those meetings, I learned that even economic diagrams neednt be linear. Ours was a nest of concentric circles, and an enterprise was measured by its value to each circle, from the individual and...”
“Whatever Latin America sellsraw materials or manufacturesits chief export product is really cheap labor.”
“Economic development is something much wider and deeper than economics, let alone econometrics. Its roots lie outside the economic sphere, in education, organisation, discipline and, beyond that, i...”
“Progress is much more better than perfect.”
