Five years ago, we were assisting about half a million people in flooding. Last year, it was 5.5 million.

I refuse to be labeled immoral merely because I am godless

If we can be more proactive on disasters -- the way we fund them, the way we plan for them -- then we can have better preparedness, we can have more efficient responses, and the assistance is more effective in the end.

It is more a change of attitude. Every investment now has to be measured in market terms against targets and expected return rather than alleviation of poverty,

We need to make public health a priority.

One will be right here and the other will be other side of the ramp, diagonally.