Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain.

The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so that these countries can get their foot on the economic ladder . . . Economic development works. It can be successful. It tends to build on itself. But it must get started.

Devaluations are never easy.

The aspiration of society is the flourishing of its members, this report gives evidence on how to achieve societal well?being. It's not by money alone, but also by fairness, honesty, trust and good health.

It's not so unusual to run out of someone else's currency.

Let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents of hope and that we worked together to heal the world.

Without restoring an ethos of social responsibility, there can be no meaningful and sustained economic recovery.