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It Was Really Phenomenal [warren Buffett Donation]. It Grew Out Of The Friendship That We Had And The Fact That His Plan To Have His Wife Run The Foundation And Give Things Away Changed When She Tragically Died.

If We Can Find Approaches That Meet The Needs Of The Poor In Ways That Generate Profits For Business And Votes For Politicians, We Will Have Found A Sustainable Way To Reduce Inequity In The World. This Task Is Open-ended. It Can Never Be Finished. But A Conscious Effort To Answer This Challenge Will Change The World.

We're Creating This Alliance, Gavi, That Has Helped Buy The Vaccines That Were In The Rich World But Not Getting To The Poor Kids, Getting A Very Cheap Price And Figuring Out The Cold Chain, Getting The Delivery Right, And Then Funding Research For New Vaccines. A Lot Of Them Are Coming Along. We've Got A Meningitis Vaccine Out, Got That Through Large Parts Of Africa. That Has Been A Huge Success.

I Have To Say That In 1981, Making Those Decisions, I Felt Like I Was Providing Enough Freedom For 10 Years. That Is, A Move From 64k To 640k Felt Like Something That Would Last A Great Deal Of Time. Well, It Didn't - It Took About Only 6 Years Before People Started To See That As A Real Problem.

There's A Basic Philosophy Here That By Empowering...workers You'll Make Their Jobs Far More Interesting, And They'll Be Able To Work At A Higher Level Than They Would Have Without All That Information Just A Few Clicks Away.