Jeffrey Sachs Quotes - Page 3

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• Soil mapping is one of the pillars to the challenge of sustainable development

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Challenges, Soil, Pillars

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• If we did go into a recession, something that's always possible for the U.S. or Europe, we could lower interest rates and expand the money supply without worrying about the price of gold.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Europe, Worry, Gold

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• Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Cutting, Agency, Hands

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• There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.

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  Blow, Reality, Faces

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• I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Thinking, Imf, Crisis

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• The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Running, Imf, Thailand

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• Unfortunately, the real focus in this country has not been on the rest of the world. It's been on our own issues and our own problems. Fair enough. But it means that our simple hopes that everything will just work out abroad aren't really coming to pass.

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  Country, Real, Mean

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• The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it yourselves. Africa should say: 'thank you very much but we need this money to meet the needs of children who are dying right now so we will put the debt servicing payments into urgent social investment in health, education, drinking water, control of AIDS and other needs.'

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Time, Children, Drinking

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• My colleagues and I took a stand in our work several years ago that we would not look for the magic bullet, because there is none. These are just basic problems requiring basic work. Nothing magic about it.

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  Years, Goal, Magic

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• The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Commitment, Ideas, United States

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