There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.

We are trying to discover where this approach could have the greatest possibility of large-scale impact. We have to choose wisely and see where there is greatest interest and need.

A longer time perspective is needed because we face a daunting task both in an intellectual and practical sense.

If you want to scale-up, the first thing you have to do is to expand your own team.

We have emphasized the importance of applied action research because it allows evidence-based policy and program development and a focus on learning. We are also committed to using a participatory approach in which local people, local program managers and providers, local researchers, women's health activists, and national decision-makers play the leading role. International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers.