Not all developing countries are the same.

Paul Collier

Mots clés poverty development



Aller à la citation


Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the really disadvantaged are in no position to rebel; they just suffer quietly.

Paul Collier

Mots clés poverty



Aller à la citation


Suppose a country starts its independence with the three economic characteristics that globally make a country prone to civil war: low income, slow growth, and dependence upon primary commodity exports. It is playing Russian roulette. That is not just an idle metaphor: the risk that a country in the bottom billion falls into civil war in any five-year period is nearly one in six, the same risk facing a player of Russian roulette.

Paul Collier

Mots clés war poverty development



Aller à la citation


Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal, but it may be more straightforward just to make the societies less fragile, which means developing their economies.

Paul Collier

Mots clés war poverty development



Aller à la citation


Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and unafraid, and build in the world a culture led by black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty, ignorance and disease!

W.E.B. Du Bois

Mots clés youth civilization poverty devotion disease



Aller à la citation


Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but behind the moments of change there are always a few people within these societies who have decided to try to make a difference.

Paul Collier

Mots clés courage heroism poverty social-change



Aller à la citation


Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.

Bono

Mots clés poverty bono u2



Aller à la citation


So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.

Sherman Alexie

Mots clés friendship death poverty dark-humor poor



Aller à la citation


Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.

Jane Austen

Mots clés wealth poverty attachment



Aller à la citation


A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character

Thomas Jefferson

Mots clés poverty economy bankrupt



Aller à la citation


« ; premier précédent
Page 17 de 43.
suivant dernier » ;

©gutesprueche.com

Data privacy

Imprint
Contact
Wir benutzen Cookies

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.

OK Ich lehne Cookies ab