Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brownis a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair Government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliamentfrom 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth20 February 1951
CityGiffnock, Scotland
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There is no more important question for advanced industrial countries today than how to rise to the challenges and opportunities of globalization.
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The only way we have to compete is by moving in the high value services, high tech industries.
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There are only eight weeks to go to these vital Hong Kong discussions. I do not believe that you can get a vital agreement that works if we wait until people arrive in Hong Kong.
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Let us move the IMF forward from its old role for an old world of sheltered national economies -- of addressing balance of payments problems -- to a new role in a world of global capital flows.
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We are talking about a new deal between the rich countries and poor countries of the world.
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The breakthrough is that we now have a set of proposals that are supported by the whole international community.
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There's been some progress, but obviously we want to see some more.
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This list is a result of further intelligence sharing and co-ordination between the UK, U.S. other international allies.
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It has to be done this year, and that is our intention.
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has been designed ... to put stability first.
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I welcome the Gates Foundation's announcement today. For far too long, world leaders have ignored the global tuberculosis epidemic, even as it causes millions of needless deaths each year.
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The initiative launched today is about delivering one of the great rights, the right of education.
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Past economic transformations depended as much on brawn as well as on brains.
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I think you've seen that ministers around the world have been affected by the strength of public opinion, churches, faith groups, and it does have an impact.