“Government and business must come together on the interlinked issues of conservation, economic development and renewable energy. There are literally thousands of businesses, many in the tourism industry, that depend on an intact marine environment for their long-term survival.” LongGovernmentTogetherEnergyTermIssuesEnvironmentEconomicDependsDevelopmentIndustrySurvivalLong TermConservationMarineTourismRenewable EnergyEconomic DevelopmentGovernment And BusinessTourism Industry Author:Richard Branson
“The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development” LongRealLyingSocialTermEconomicDevelopmentLong TermProvidingElectricityEconomic DevelopmentAmenities Book:Electricity for a developing world: new directions Source: Electricity for a developing world: new directions
“Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.” HumansLongLife IsTermInterestRightsGenerationsDevelopmentInvestmentInvestingHuman RightsLong TermFuture GenerationSustainable DevelopmentNational Interests Author:Liya Kebede
“The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of pressure to allow lowest common denominator development... Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place.” LongFacesGrowthTermNatureCommunityCommonSuccessfulWillingDevelopmentSmartStandardsPressureContraryGet BetterLong TermConservationLowestPlaces To LiveBest PlaceCommon DenominatorLowest Common DenominatorSmart Growth Author:Ed McMahon
“Youth are active partners in Gujarat's development! Gujarat's approach towards skill development has been flexible, broad based, inclusive and with a long-term vision.” LongHas BeensTermVisionYouthDevelopmentSkillsApproachIndiaActivePartnersLong TermBroadsFlexibleSkills DevelopmentGujarat Author:Narendra Modi
“Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty - the realities of access to water and food - which creates the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources, and that is going to accelerate in the future.” LongWarRealityTermWaterPovertySecurityDevelopmentResourcesFundamentalsExtremesAccessLong TermInsecurityDriversNational SecurityScarceAccelerateExtreme PovertyScarce ResourcesAccess To Water Author:Rajiv Shah
“The problem with our Blackberry society is that hardly anyone has time anymore to have an unhurried discussion about the long-term developments that will change our lives.” LongProblemTermOur LivesDevelopmentDiscussionLong TermBlackberries Author:Paul Achleitner
“Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and proven to work.” NeedsShouldLongTermDevelopmentProjectsLong TermProvenHaiti Author:Bill Gates
“We must now allow ourselves to be blinded to long-term developments by the intensity of the short-term difficulties.” LongTermDevelopmentDifficultyLong TermIntensityPredictionsShort TermBlinded Author:Stafford Cripps
“Professional accountants should use that influence to encourage the companies they serve to think long term and integrate sustainable development goals into their accounting, such as by including a natural capital account, which I have heard is gaining ground.” ThinkingShouldLongUseGoalTermNaturalCompanyHeardInfluenceDevelopmentAccountsIncludingLong TermAccountingIntegratingSustainable DevelopmentAccountants Author:Kofi Annan
“In the short term, corporal punishment may produce obedience. But it is a fact documented by research that in the long term the results are inability to learn, violence and rage, bullying, cruelty, inability to feel another's pain, especially that of one's own children, even drug addiction and suicide, unless there are enlightened or at least helping witnesses on hand to prevent that development.” FeelsMayChildrenLongFactsHelpingHandsPainTermResultsViolenceProduceDevelopmentDrugResearchAngerSuicideAddictionRagePunishmentCrueltyWitnessObedienceLong TermEnlightenedBullyingInabilityShort TermDrug AddictionDrug AddictCorporal Punishment Author:Alice Miller
“Power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to the people, training and equipping indigenous military and police forces, strategic communications, and more of these, along with security, are essential ingredients for long-term success.” PeopleLongLawWinningForcePeaceTermEconomicSecurityMilitaryBuildingCommunicationDevelopmentEssentialsTrainingPoliceInstitutionsLong TermSufficientInternalsIngredientsProvidingGovernancePromotingIndigenousReconciliationStrategicRule Of LawEconomic DevelopmentPolice ForceGood GovernanceLong Term Success Author:Robert M. Gates