Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

Unlike many others, I anyway don't post much from my personal life on social media; it's mostly work related. And when I post something, I'm aware that not everyone would have nice things to say; I'm fine with it. ”

Everything we produce and consume has an impact on the environment, on social fabrics, and on the economy. This impact can be positive or negative and, frequently, some combination of the two. ”

Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs. ”

If governments start to go it alone on trade, it will become harder, not easier, to generate the jobs and rising incomes that angry electorates want. ”

Entrepreneurship is one of the most important drivers for job creation. Moreover, social entrepreneurship offers not only a path for young people to transform their own lives, but also a way to empower others. ”

In my job, as head of the International Trade Centre, I have the privilege to meet entrepreneurs from across the world almost on a daily basis. ”

Japan has huge potential in women - potential, especially in the area of the economy, that Japan is not using fully. ”

Laws matter. With effective implementation and enforcement, good laws can nudge forward positive changes in social and cultural mores. ”

Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to be in regions which suffer the most social and political instability. ”

The social and legal discrimination that relegates hundreds of women to subordinate or marginal economic roles has a huge aggregate cost. ”