There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

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.

The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

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.

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.

One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.