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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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