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Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to tackle these great human problems.

Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have.

People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

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

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Economic growth can enable development if it is supplemented by public policies that encourage circulation of wealth, especially into crucial areas such as public healthcare and education.

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.

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.

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.