It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead a global end-not a reduction, but an end-to absolute poverty...I have always found that a committed, powerful group of leaders, can make a huge difference.

At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.

Soil mapping is one of the pillars to the challenge of sustainable development

Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.

The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by.

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.

The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet.