Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy to counter the 2008 shock.

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition.

People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.

I am still an Indonesian citizen.

In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there. We have 300 million poor in India.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods.

God's word will produce with your level of understanding. The much you can understand it, the more wisdom you are privileged to have.

The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, “Amen.

Learn from your failures & go on to the next challenge. It's okay to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

After a really hectic week, I hate going out on a Friday evening, so I'll always opt for a night at home.

You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you

Talents used are talents multiplied.

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

If you create a new party... to try to deny the communist party leadership, then not be allowed to exist.

There are amazing teachers, but the system doesn't always allow them to address the individual needs of a child.