It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.

Achieving the MDGs is not optional; it is an essential investment in a safer, more human and prosperous world

Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in from the margins and give them the tools with which to help themselves.

A hungry mind is not free, and I felt if we were really going to make a difference and fight poverty we should at least start with the ability to feed ourselves, and the millions of Africans who don't have it.

It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.

The main point in our report was to recommend decriminalization...because of the way laws are applied, which have not worked. We have applied them for decades and it's got the prisons filled with lots of young people who sometimes come out destroyed for having half an ounce... We should approach it through education and health issues rather than a brutal reaction... There is need for change in policy, but it has to start with debate and discussion... I think the whole approach has to be reviewed.

Normally when people resign they will organise their champagne farewell parties... and then they resurface somewhere.