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" Corruption exists everywhere. "

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" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "

" If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it. "

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" Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great. "

" The brain drain from Africa has been reversed. "

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" The Security Council represents the situation from 1945 - you had the Allies who won the war who occupied that. The defeated guys - the Germans and Japan - were out. The occupied countries had no voice. That was fine in '45, but today, Germany rules Europe, frankly. They are driving Europe but have no voice. "

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" Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries. "

" The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty. "

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" Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment. "

" Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view. "

" The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. "

" Cape Verde produces good people. "

" I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything. "

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" Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans. "

" Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table. "

" We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. "

" Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum. "

" Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another, to know what is happening. "

" People never confess to failure. They should. "

" The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed. "

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