Leila Janah Quotes

• Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.

  Leila Janah

  Opportunity, Talent

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• Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

  Leila Janah

  Real, Might, Poverty

  "Leila Janah, Samasource CEO, Talks Modeling, Feminism And Empowering Women" By Betsy Isaacson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2013.

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• Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actionshave toppled empires.

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  Empires, Underestimate, Kind

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• The greatest challenge of the next 50 years, I believe, will be to create dignified work for everyone... not through handouts and charity, but through market forces.

  Leila Janah

  Believe, Years, Challenges

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• Time and again we’ve seen that reducing poverty comes down to economic opportunity-not just connecting the poor to services like banking, but ensuring they can be producers on fair terms in the global economy.

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  Opportunity, Poverty, Banking

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• The best way to end poverty is to simply give people work, which isn't considered 'sexy' among donors who want to fund a preschool or cure a disease.

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  Sexy, People, Giving

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• You can use principles of the free market to drive social change.

  Leila Janah

  Principles, Use, Social

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