Therefore, we must invest in developing leaders, leaders that have the skills, vision and determination to make peace.

Today, China and a few large developing countries have become the world s growth leaders.

Leaders in developed and developing countries alike must deepen their commitment to economic reform and integration.

Instead of slashing expenditures, developing country leaders should focus on providing decent job opportunities and improved living standards for their citizens.

In this climate, globalization has come under heavy criticism, including from leaders of developing countries that could strongly benefit from it.

Her Government was also developing a mine risk education strategy, involving non governmental organizations, local authorities, community leaders and the public.

Managing urbanization as it occurs, rather than struggling to fix cities later, is an opportunity that developing country leaders should not miss.

Our leaders also expressed their commitment to move ahead with the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action for the Landlocked Developing Countries.

Indians are natural leaders in frugal innovation, imbued as they are with the jugaad system of developing makeshift but workable solutions from limited resources.

Because of the importance of the global economy, the destiny of developing countries is not entirely in the hands of their leaders, workforces, and entrepreneurs.

Hopefully, the leaders of the world recognize that it is in their own enlightened self interest to come to the rescue of the developing world.

But recovering the billions of dollars stolen by corrupt leaders and officials in the developing world has so far proved to be a lengthy process.

In 1977, when I served in President Jimmy Carter's State Department, I was sent to India to dissuade that country's leaders from developing a nuclear bomb.

In these desperate circumstances, North Korea s leaders clung to their strategy of developing nuclear weapons as a last resort to defend the security of their regime.

Policy coordination, however, depends on trust, and building trust requires advanced country leaders to keep their promises and offer their developing country counterparts opportunities for leadership.

But Iran s leaders remain skeptical of either scenario, despite America s official position that all options are on the table to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons capability.

What can be done to prevent this? The sanctions directed by the international community against Iran are not guaranteed to convince its leaders to desist from developing nuclear weapons.

The fact is that only structural transformation can lift a middle income developing country to high income developed status. Fortunately, China s leaders recognize this, and are committed to achieving it.

Instead, developing country leaders must draw on the experiences of both developed countries and their peers to design tax policies that meet the basic requirements of operability, buoyancy, and stability.

That s why we need to keep an eye on the figures and keep reminding world leaders of the needs of those in the developing world that live in their shadow.

Recognizing that global recovery depends on the emerging economies that is, the developing world G 20 leaders embraced investments aimed at lifting the world s most vulnerable people out of poverty.

Even though parts of both the developed and the developing world increasingly look to China for leadership, the country s leaders view such a global role as beyond their current capabilities.

The 21 member group included heads of state and ministers from both developed and developing countries, representatives from international organizations, experts on public finance and development, and leaders from the private sector.

It has all the ingredients, though painful memories of World War II and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have so far kept its leaders well away from developing a nuclear stockpile.

Networked Leaders

Smart business leaders are investing in new tools that can provide comprehensive and up to date data, and companies are increasingly moving beyond recognition of natural risks to developing strategic responses to them.

Leaders and Managers

These leaders already know the tribal chiefs, spiritual leaders, and tribal customs and codes.

Incredible partnerships between the private sector, political leaders, philanthropists and amazing grassroots activists across the developing world, but also 250,000 people marched in the streets of Edinburgh outside this very building for Make Poverty History.

Advocacy among community leaders, in particular religious leaders, traditional leaders, mass media and youth organizations, to enhance their understanding and support for gender equality and justice.

Regional leaders understand this.

The position taken by the EU s national leaders this October, that developing nations would need 100 billion worth of help annually by 2020 to cope with climate change, was an important step in the right direction.

As our leaders acknowledged in the Mauritius Strategy for small island developing States, as well as in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the complexity of the issue requires much broader intergovernmental consideration of its various aspects.

Valéry Giscard d Estaing had the best relations with East European communist leaders among all Western leaders.

Some Shia may turn to militia leaders, Sunnis to insurgents, and Kurds to leaders demanding independence.

The Japanese enlarged administration and appointed local leaders, which weakened the authority of local traditional leaders.

Doing so would enable China s leaders to advance their goal of developing the country s vast inland regions. Specifically, western provinces like Ningxia and Qinghai, which have substantial Muslim communities, could benefit from deeper links with Arab economies.

Policy coordination, however, depends on trust, and building trust requires advanced country leaders to keep their promises and offer their developing country counterparts opportunities for leadership. Instead, developed countries have been taking actions that compromise their legitimacy.

Unless China s leaders implement major structural reforms aimed at establishing a market based growth model, they will be unable to avoid the middle income trap that has prevented so many developing economies from attaining advanced country status.

The Snowden affair has blown up any illusion about trust between leaders and also about leaders competence.

Patrick Awuah on educating leaders

Leaders for a Leaderless World

Ruthless leaders mobilize disoriented followers.

Most everyday leaders remain unheralded.

Government leaders gave no warnings.