Abhijit Banerjee
"Good politics do not necessarily translate into good policies and bad politics do not necessarily generate bad policies"
Angel Gurria
Esther Duflo, José Antonio Ocampo
Simon Zadek
Lant Pritchett
Kinky development that ignores needs, wishes, wants and aspirations both of the poor and of the middle class is a narrow and shortsighted strategy.
Jens Martens
Narrative of development that world is split between developed and underdeveloped countries, just measured by growth of GDP is wrong.
Simon Ruda
Small changes are really powerful, bring big impact and are more easy to convince policy-makers.
Jonathan Jansen
Nayef Al-Rodhan
Ilan Kapoor
Erik Solheim
Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano
Mari Kuraishi
Kanayo F. Nwanze
Thomas Pogge
Peter Eigen
Mohan Munasinghe
Leymah Gbowee
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Jan Eliasson, Jeffrey Sachs
Nancy Birdsall
Rajendra Singh
Carl Bildt
Melissa Leach
Nesmy Manigat, Ruairi Quinn
Arturo Escobar
Branko Milanovic
Alaa Murabit
Dawn Engle
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
John Kay
Khadija Elmadmad
David Chandler
Jan Eliasson
Marju Lauristin, Jakub Kalensky
Alcinda Honwana
Susan Parnell
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
Homi Kharas
"The focus of sustainable development has to shift from being applicable simply to poor countries to being relevant for all countries"
Ha-Joon Chang
Mark Graham
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
"Development aid can effectively reach its aims if and only if both donor and recipient are on the same wavelength"
Duncan Green
Michelle Bachelet
"The lack of trust in leaders and the urgent challenges of poverty, inequality, conflict and climate change demand a new model of leadership and development"
Owen Barder
"Rich states should focus on impact of policies on people living in poverty, rather than on aid"
Walter Fust
“Successful development cooperation means people-based partnerships with local ownership, accountability and sustainable results”
Jerzy Buzek
Simon Maxwell
Kemal Derviş
Andris Piebalgs
Simon Maxwell
Carol Lancaster