The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.

I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis.

Bangladesh was very much like Nepal or Thailand or like Indonesia before their respective insurgencies broke out ... because all these governments were in denial,

In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.

The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.

Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform.