The Defining Challenge Of The 21st Century

Globalization Was A Deep Trend Pushed By Technology And Right Ideas, As Much As Anything Else.

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 Idea That Un Commitments Should Be Followed By Action Is Indeed A Radical One, Especially For The United States, Where Wilful Neglect Of Its Own Commitments Is The Rule.

Deep Down, If We Really Accept That Their Lives - African Lives - Are Equal To Ours, We Would All Be Doing More To Put The Fire Out. Its An Uncomfortable Truth.

At The Most Basic Level, The Key To Ending Extreme Poverty Is To Enable The Poorest Of The Poor To Get Their Foot On The Ladder Of Development.