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Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to tackle these great human problems.

In order to counteract income inequality, it's essential to tackle poverty in an integrated way that has long-term impact. We need to give people the capacity to be resilient, to take on challenges and to learn the skills they need to work toward more prosperous futures.

The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade.

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do, the more poverty we will create.