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Our Interconnectedness On The Planet Is The Dominating Truth Of The 21st Century. One Stark Result Is That The World's Poor Live, And Especially Die, With The Awareness That The United States Is Doing Little To Mobilise The Weapons Of Mass Salvation That Could Offer Them Survival, Dignity And Eventually The Escape From Poverty.

In Asia, A Lot Of Successful Economies That Had Been Living On Their Own Saving, Decided To Open Up Their Financial Markets To International Capital In The Early 1990s. So Here Were Countries Doing Quite Well, But They Decided To Borrow A Bit More And Do Even Better.

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.

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.

In My View, There Is An Urgent Need To Communicate With The Public And Help To Explain Where There Is Consensus, And Where Are There Doubts About The Issues Of Sustainable Development.