Development Aid Quotes

• Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa's problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn't even notice. Only the functionaries would be hard hit. Which is why they maintain that the world would stop turning without this development aid.

  James Shikwati

  Would Be, Development, World

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• 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 gross national product (GNP).

  Muhammad Yunus

  Issues, Rights, Development

  Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty”, p.109, PublicAffairs

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• The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.

  James Shikwati

  Country, Development, Shapes

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• No me cabe duda de que si reunimos nuestros recursos, tanto los de liderazgo como todas las herramientas a nuestra disposición, no sólo la fuerza militar, que debe utilizarse como último recurso, sino nuestra diplomacia, nuestra ayuda al desarrollo, la aplicación de la ley, el intercambio de inteligencia de una forma mucho más abierta y cooperativa. Podemos unir a la gente, pero no puede ser una lucha estadounidense.

  Hillary Clinton

  Military, Law, People

  "Paris Attacks: Hillary Clinton Grilled About ISIS at CBS Debate" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 14, 2015.

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• In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either.

  James Shikwati

  Believe, Development, Aids

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• Los gobiernos de los países ricos gastan unos 6.000 millones de dólares de sus impuestos al año en ayuda para catástrofes y desarrollo en el extranjero, mientras que cada nuevo terremoto, hambruna o maremoto puede atraer a 1.000 organizaciones de ayuda, desde el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia y Oxfam hasta las "Brigadas de Jesús" del sur de Estados Unidos y otros aventureros de la caridad.

  James Buchan

  País, Jesús, Niños

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• Military missions are not democratic development aid.

  Guido Westerwelle

  Military, Development, Aids

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• It's not an accident that the U.S. ranks lowest of all major donor countries in the world - that is the share of our income that goes to development aid. Americans will ask whether, because were so generous privately, that makes up the difference. But it doesn't. We still rank far below other countries.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Country, Differences, Income

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• Cuts to defense budgets are already underway...there is now a lot of emphasis starting with the President that we have to build up our capabilities for development aid, resolutions, and getting allies to cooperate more on what needs to be done in the name of security.

  James F. Hoge, Jr.

  Cutting, Names, President

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• When we were negotiating the ongoing financial period in 2013, I talked myself hoarse. London and Berlin in particular insisted on reducing the budget. So we - to the applause of German journalists - made cuts to central future-oriented areas and slashed the budget for development aid, research and technology.

  Martin Schulz

  Cutting, Technology, Ongoing

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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