Arancha Gonzalez

The factory work that lifted millions out of poverty in places like China and Vietnam probably did cost some workers in North Carolina and Wallonia their jobs. ”

When women are paid for their work and have control over how the money gets spent, they invest much more of their income than men do in their families' education and health. ”

Ever since the first power looms put weavers out of work in the late 18th century, technology has increased productivity but threatened jobs for humans. ”

Women are the most underutilized 'resource' in the world economy. ”

Women are the half of the engine of our societies; they are half of the engines of our economies. ”

Predictably, open markets made it possible for countries to drive rapid growth by hitching their wagon to the world economy and using global demand to pull people and resources out of subsistence activities into more productive work. ”

When the International Trade Centre, the agency I head, works with German electronics giant Bosch to help Kenyan food processing companies boost their productivity and export competitiveness, we may well be creating future customers for Bosch washing machines. ”

Most people - including business leaders - want a healthy future for their children. ”

Governments can't credibly claim to be concerned about stagnant growth and ageing workforces unless they are actively seeking to empower women economically. One way they can speed up progress towards gender-equal economic opportunity is to change laws that are holding women back. ”

Growth without diversification, technological improvement, and increased productivity is easily reversed: all it takes is a dip in commodity prices. ”