When Women Do Better, Economies Do Better.

I Have A Theory That Women Are Generally Given Space And Appointed To Jobs When The Situation Is Tough. I've Observed That In Many Instances. In Times Of Crisis, Women Eventually Are Called Upon To Sort Out The Mess, Face The Difficult Issues And Be Completely Focused On Restoring The Situation.

There Is A Very Strong Linkage Between U.s. Banks And European Banks. There Are Plenty Of European Employees That Are Employed By U.s. Companies, And There Are Plenty Of U.s. Employees That Are Employed By European Companies.

To Me, Leadership Is About Encouraging People. It’s About Stimulating Them. It’s About Enabling Them To Achieve What They Can Achieve - And To Do That With A Purpose.

We Draw Many Benefits From Globalization That People Take For Granted. Poverty Has Been Reduced Massively Around The World. If You Look At The Chinese Numbers, It Is Quite Mind-boggling: 700 Million People Taken Out Of Poverty In A Matter Of 40 Years, The Poverty Rate Having Moved From Over 30 Per Cent From Hardly Six Per Cent Now. That Would Not Have Happened If There Had Not Been Globalization.

If Climate Change Issues Are Not Adequately Addressed—if We Keep Running Those Nice Energy Subsidies, If The Price On Carbon Is Not Adequately Set, If Policymakers Don’t Have It On Their Radar Screens—then Financial Stability In The Medium And Long-term Is Clearly At Stake.