“At a time of change and challenge at home and abroad, these investments will enhance the security of Americans, assure the future American leadership, and help build the foundations of peace, stability, and prosperity in the years ahead.” YearsHelpingHomeChallengesPovertySecurityFoundationInvestmentProsperityStabilityAmerican Leadership Author:Hillary Clinton
“Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense.” PovertyInvestmentAidsExpensesForeign Aid Author:Kay Granger
“I am convinced that all this poverty in Mexico and in Latin America, like it's happening in China is the opportunity to grow. It's an opportunity for investment; it's an economic activity and to take out poverty is the best investment any person or a person can do in any place.” PersonsAmericaOpportunityGrowsCan DoPovertyEconomicActivityHappeningsInvestmentChinaConvincedLatinMexicoLatin AmericaBest Investment Author:Carlos Slim
“Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born and raised in Africa. Moyo believes aid money promotes the corruption of governments and the dependence of citizens, and advocates that an investment approach will do more to help reduce poverty than aid ever could.” BelieveHelpingGovernmentStrongBornPovertyCitizensApproachArgumentInvestmentRaisedCorruptionAidsPacksDependenceEconomistBorn And RaisedZambia Author:Amy Lockwood
“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.” DoeHardFunnyHappinessWealthInspiringMoneyPovertyStupidInvestmentHappySavingSarcasticHappy LifeLots Of MoneyBeing HappySavingsMake You HappyFinding HappinessGreat HappinessPeace And HappinessFunny MoneyInner HappinessJust Be HappyFeeling HappySelf HappinessWhat Is HappinessLooking For HappinessMoney HappinessPerfect HappinessMoney And HappinessSpiritual WealthSmart MoneyWealth And PovertyWealth And Happiness Author:Kin Hubbard
“I have much more confidence in my ability, or any president or any leader's ability, to mobilize the American people around a multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment to help every child in poverty in this country than I am in being able to mobilize the country around providing a benefit specific to African Americans as a consequence of slavery and Jim Crow.” PeopleChildrenCountryHelpingAblePresidentAbilityLeaderPovertyBenefitsConsequenceSlaveryDollarsInvestmentAfrican AmericanProvidingCrowJim Crow Author:Barack Obama
“I think President Barack Obama is going to be treated very, very well by history in terms of his ability to save the economy. And that's certainly true in rural areas. The unemployment rate is substantially reduced, the poverty rate is down, and in large part because of the investments that were made during the Recovery Act and thereafter, historic investments.” ThinkingPresidentTermAbilityPovertyEconomyInvestmentRateRecoveryBarackHistoricPresident Barack Obama Author:Tom Vilsack
“I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and ultimately, their countries. I think that we need to keep laying down these markers, and pointing out what's important to our national security and what's important around the world.” ThinkingWorldGivingImportantCountryGirlCommunityPovertySecurityPolicyRepublicanInvestmentEducatedEmpoweringForeign PolicyNational SecurityPointingGiving Back Author:Jeanne Shaheen
“According to UNESCO: there are over 154 million children in the world deprived of education due to poverty, slavery, racism, religious extremism, gender discrimination, and geographical isolation. The cost to educate a child in the third world is about $ 1 per month per child. To achieve global literacy, the investment would be $ 8 billion per year for 15 years.” WorldChildrenReligiousPovertyAchieveRacismSlaveryInvestmentGenderDiscriminationIsolationEducateLiteracyExtremismReligious Extremism Author:Greg Mortenson