"Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development."
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"Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.“
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"Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community."
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"We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better."
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"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development."
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"There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players."
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