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" I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites. "

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" Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable. "

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" What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens. "

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" Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door. "

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" 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. "

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" Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises. "

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" We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime. "

" For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy. "

" We measure everything - why not governance? "

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" I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive. "

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