development Quotes

Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

Kenya’s M-Pesa proves that when people are empowered, they will use digital tech to innovate on their own behalf.

Vaccination is pretty special because you can do a vaccination campaign anywhere in the world. All you are doing is gathering women from the villages, getting them the vaccines and asking them to go around and find the children.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

It's paradoxical that, when you have better health, families choose to have less children, because they've been having enough children so that they can be sure that a few of them will survive and take care of them. So as... ...

Most poor people live in the poorest countries.

In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How... ...

It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.

For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria.