Russia Has Gone Through Eight Years Of

There Is No Economic Imperative That Will Condemn Us To Deplete Our Vital Resource Base, But Neither Is There An Invisible Hand That Will Prevent Us From Doing So.

Every Morning Our Newspapers Could Read, 'more Than 20,000 People Perished Yesterday Of Extreme Poverty.' How? The Poor Die In Hospital Wards That Lack Drugs, In Villages That Lack Antimalarial Bed Nets, In Houses That Lack Safe Drinking Water. They Die Namelessly, Without Public Comment. Sadly, Sad Stories Rarely Get Written.

I Think The Imf Helped To Detonate The Indonesian Crisis.

The Essence Of Africa's Crisis Is Fundamentally Its Extreme Poverty And Therefore Its Inability To Mobilize Out Of Its Own Resources Even The Barest Of Minimum Resources To Address Any Of The Public Health Crises That Africa Faces.

The Rich Do Not Have To Invest Enough In The Poorest Countries To Make Them Rich; They Need To Invest Enough So That These Countries Can Get Their Foot On The Economic Ladder . . . Economic Development Works. It Can Be Successful. It Tends To Build On Itself. But It Must Get Started.