Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.

In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.

We are not at war (except with our own demons).

The essence of Africa's crises is fundamentally it's extreme poverty.

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.

My concern is not that there are too many sweatshops, but that there are too few.