- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Economic Opportunities Quotes
Leaders on jobs, growth, and economic opportunity.
These economic opportunities quotes come mainly from political and civic leaders discussing how to grow jobs, from a mayor focused on local communities to a national leader linking climate action with a post-carbon economy. One speaker ties the topic directly to protecting the Amazon's population.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Amazon is not just a set of trees. It is a set of 25 million people. If we don't create real economic opportunities for them, the practical result is to encourage disorganized economic activities that results in the further destruction of the rain forest.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state.
- Economic Development
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain's generosity in the world has allowed us to help the poorest countries to get on the road to industrialisation through economic development and private sector investment in the world's most difficult frontier markets, where jobs and economic opportunities are desperately needed.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fighting to make childcare more affordable for working parents so they can continue working and advancing their careers, closing wage gaps that for too long have held women back from the fair economic opportunities they need.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel confident that leaders will rise to this challenge with a stronger commitment to tackle climate change and seize the economic opportunities that a post-carbon world has to offer.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020