The Defining Challenge Of The 21st Century

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 Key To Ending Extreme Poverty Is To Enable The Poorest Of The Poor To Get Their Foot On The Ladder Of Development. The Ladder Of Development Hovers Overhead, And The Poorest Of The Poor Are Stuck Beneath It. They Lack The Minimum Amount Of Capital Necessary To Get A Foothold, And Therefore Need A Boost Up To The First Rung.

Despite A Decade Of Criticism And Budget Cuts, The Specialised Un Agencies Have Far More Expertise And Hands-on Experience Than Any Other Organisations In The World.

All Of The Incessant Debate About Development Assistance, And Whether The Rich Are Doing Enough To Help The Poor, Actually Concerns Less Than 1% Of Rich World Income. The Effort Required Of The Rich Is Indeed So Slight That To Do Less Is To Announce Brazenly To A Large Part Of The World: 'you Count For Nothing.' We Should Not Be Surprised, Then, If In Later Years The Rich Reap The Whirlwind Of That Heartless Response.

The Aspiration Of Society Is The Flourishing Of Its Members, This Report Gives Evidence On How To Achieve Societal Well?being. It's Not By Money Alone, But Also By Fairness, Honesty, Trust And Good Health.