There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs

With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.

Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.

I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.