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“Skills development as a means to income generation is the key to integrate vulnerable migrants into the mainstream of society and to equip them for an eventual return home.”
“Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.”
“There is no intrinsic reason African countries should be importing, rather than exporting, basic staples like rice or higher value products like frozen chicken, cooking oil, or instant noodles.”
“The populists are right in one key area: voters want jobs and equitable growth, and can hardly be faulted for that. The challenge is to find a more inclusive growth trajectory that can be sustained economically, ecologically, and politically.”
“Responsive governments committed to improving the broader trade facilitation and business environment can help companies of all sizes by improving infrastructure: roads, transportation, ports, information and communication technology, and electricity.”
“A.P., like the rest of India, has huge potential to move up the value chain by investing in small and medium enterprises to create more value addition and better paid jobs.”
“If governments start to go it alone on trade, it will become harder, not easier, to generate the jobs and rising incomes that angry electorates want.”
“In a climate where governments are limited in what they can spend, trade and investment offer a path to fiscally responsible growth.”
“E-commerce is a powerful means to connect the unconnected to global trade.”
“Jobs are the main channel through which people share in - or are left out of - economic growth.”
“Governments around the world are looking for economic growth and job creation. African economies are no exception, with increasing recognition that growth has to be built on a more diversified economic structure in order to make a lasting contribution to development.”
“In my experience, what is often missing between intent and action is the knowledge and the means to actually change the way we do business or make consumer decisions.”
“While tourism is often resource-intensive, it is a major driver of poverty reduction in developing countries.”