If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.

If your economy grows [by] 4 percent, you ought to reduce child mortality 4 percent.

Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to ‘Twitter’ transatlantically.

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.

I (naively) thought university training would make you better in following what happens in the world.

Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.