Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.

The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.