Author: Iqbal Quadir

Quotes

The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.

The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.

- Iqbal Quadir

Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.

Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.

- Iqbal Quadir

A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan.

A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan.

- Iqbal Quadir

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.

- Iqbal Quadir

China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.

China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.

- Iqbal Quadir

The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.

The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.

- Iqbal Quadir

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