Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the gap gets less.

Even though I only have a high-school degree, I'm a professional student.

I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I am very interested in that.

The death of a child is an incredible tragedy all over the world. Back in 1990, about 12 percent of children were dying before they reached the age of 5.

Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.

I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.