Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Directorof the International Monetary Fundsince 5 July 2011...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1956
CountryFrance
world elsewhere middle-class
When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.
accord caused chinese europeans financial french pragmatic shows solve
This accord shows the Europeans and the Chinese authorities know how to be pragmatic to solve the blockages which would have caused financial difficulties for French firms this year,
negotiation
Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.
globalization
Consumption has massively benefited from globalization.
globalization direct productivity
Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.
diversity trade
Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.
proud somebody
I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.
taken people chinese
We draw many benefits from globalization that people take for granted. Poverty has been reduced massively around the world. If you look at the Chinese numbers, it is quite mind-boggling: 700 million people taken out of poverty in a matter of 40 years, the poverty rate having moved from over 30 per cent from hardly six per cent now. That would not have happened if there had not been globalization.
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I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.
world economy trade
It so happens that because all the economies are strongly inter-connected and aggregated, there is trade that is happening not just from China to the rest of the world, but from the rest of the world to China as well, and that is going to continue.
line red remind
We need to remind the commissioner of the red line of his mandate,
attentive brought elbow grew minority period sentiment suffered time
Very often as a little girl, then as a young woman, I have suffered my lot of discrimination. I was brought up with brothers; I grew up in a boys' world. You have to elbow your way in. When you come with that sentiment of having been in a minority for a long period of time, then you are much more attentive to minorities.
teaching school kids
I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.
world way needs
We Need a RESET IN THE WAY THE ECONOMY GROWS Around the World