Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

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

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

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

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

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.