What keeps me motivated is going out to the field and seeing programs that incorporate a focus on both people and the planet, and seeing how mutually reinforcing they can really be.

The environmental movement could do a better job incorporating the message about the connection between poverty and environmental degradation, and building that message at the grassroots level.

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business.