It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We … - Jeffrey Sachs

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Jeffrey Sachs

It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead a global end-not a reduction, but an end-to absolute poverty. . . I have always found that a committed, powerful group of leaders, can make a huge difference.

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Let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents of hope and that we worked together to heal the world.

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Our challenge, our generation's unique challenge, is learning to live peacefully and sustainably in an extraordinarily crowded world. Our planet is crowded to an unprecendented degree. It is bursting at the seams. It's bursting at the seams in human terms, in economic terms, and in ecological terms

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At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.

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