The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.
Jeffrey SachsExtreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.
Jeffrey SachsAt the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.
Jeffrey SachsIn the early 1990s, when a lot of the developing world opened up to international capital flows... they ended up in very good long-term projects, but projects that weren't going to pay off for five or 10 or 20 years.
Jeffrey SachsThe key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung.
Jeffrey Sachs