Francois Bourguignon Quotations

In the past decade, Brazil has not grown very fast. It's urgent to create conditions for growth to accelerate.

Remittances are hard-earned income that, in most cases, has already been taxed,

After many years, the continent is showing growth that could deliver much more poverty reduction than in the recent past.

Developing countries need to prepare themselves for adjustments, some of which could be sudden.

They should not be taxed again, and governments should not try to count them as development aid.

Flipping through the book there are millions of stories on what is going on in countries and regions.

Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress.