Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Collier

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British professor Paul Collier.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Sir Paul Collier, is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Blavatnik School of Government and the director of the International Growth Centre. He currently is a Professeur invité at Sciences Po and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. He has served as a senior advisor to the Blair Commission for Africa and was the Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank between 1998 and 2003.

British - Professor | Born: April 25, 1953

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Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.

Paul Collier

Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

Paul Collier

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

Paul Collier

How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest to get serious... If economic divergence continues, combined with global integration, it will build a nightmare for our children.

Paul Collier

You can tell everybody that Eddie Robinson's out looking for a job right now, and believe me, he's a great kid. He's happy and he's healthy. All he needs is a couple of weeks to regain game fitness. Put him on the court and when the game counts ... Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing. He's a great athlete, and I love him to death.

Paul Collier

Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.

Paul Collier

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.

Paul Collier

At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men

Paul Collier

Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.

Paul Collier

There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ... had a crime for reckless management of a financial institution been on the books, Northern Rock and RBS would not have blown up.

Paul Collier

You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

Paul Collier

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

Paul Collier

Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.

Paul Collier

Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Collier

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