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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.17,0:00:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been living in rural East Africa\Nfor about 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.26,0:00:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to share a field perspective\Nwith you on global poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.93,0:00:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that the greatest failure\Nof the human race
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.53,0:00:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the fact that we've left more than\None billion of our members behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.34,0:00:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hungry, extreme poverty:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.70,0:00:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these often seem like gigantic,\Ninsurmountable problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.01,0:00:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too big to solve.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.01,0:00:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as a field practitioner,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.74,0:00:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe these are actually\Nvery solvable problems
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.57,0:00:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we just take the right strategies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.39,0:00:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archimedes was an ancient Greek thinker,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.53,0:00:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he taught us that if we lean\Non the right levers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.04,0:00:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can move the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.96,0:00:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the fight against extreme poverty,\NI believe there are three powerful levers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.70,0:00:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can lean on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.10,0:00:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This talk is all about those levers,\Nand why they make poverty
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.12,0:00:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a winnable fight in our lifetimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.99,0:00:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is extreme poverty?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.29,0:00:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first moved to rural East Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.26,0:00:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stayed overnight with a farm family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.63,0:00:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were wonderful people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.75,0:00:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They invited me into their home.\NWe sang songs together
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.65,0:01:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ate a simple dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.82,0:01:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave me a blanket\Nto sleep on the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.36,0:01:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the morning, however,\Nthere was nothing to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.26,0:01:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then at lunchtime, I watched\Nwith an increasingly sick feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.04,0:01:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the eldest girl in the family\Ncooked porridge as a substitute for lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.70,0:01:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that meal, every child\Ndrank one cup to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.58,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I cannot tell you how ashamed I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.59,0:01:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they handed one of those cups to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.58,0:01:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew I had to accept\Ntheir hospitality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.78,0:01:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children need food not only to survive\Nbut also to grow physically and mentally.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.26,0:01:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day they fail to eat,\Nthey lose a little bit of their future.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.11,0:01:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst the extreme poor,\None in three children
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.02,0:01:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are permanently stunted\Nfrom a lifetime of not eating enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.33,0:01:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that's combined\Nwith poor access to health care,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.86,0:01:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one in 10 extremely poor children\Ndie before they reach age five.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.82,0:01:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only one quarter of children\Ncomplete high school
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.38,0:01:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they lack school fees.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.91,0:01:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hunger and extreme poverty curb\Nhuman potential in every possible way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.77,0:02:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see ourselves as a thinking,\Nfeeling and moral human race,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.08,0:02:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but until we solve these problems\Nfor all of our members,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.14,0:02:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fail that standard,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.33,0:02:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because every person\Non this planet matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.70,0:02:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This child matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.12,0:02:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These children matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.64,0:02:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This girl matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.21,0:02:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we see things like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.92,0:02:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're upset by them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.52,0:02:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they seem like such big problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.35,0:02:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know how\Nto take effective action.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But remember our friend Archimedes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.57,0:02:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Global poverty has powerful levers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.92,0:02:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a problem like any other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.02,0:02:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live and work in the field,\Nand as a practitioner,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.49,0:02:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe these are very\Nsolvable problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.32,0:02:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the next 10 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.82,0:02:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's not be sad\Nabout the state of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's engage our brains.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.86,0:02:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's engage our collective passion\Nfor problem-solving
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.63,0:02:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figure out what those levers are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.42,0:02:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lever number one: most\Nof the world's poor are farmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.16,0:02:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about how extraordinary this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.24,0:03:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this picture represents\Nthe world's poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.73,0:03:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then more than half engage in farming\Nas a major source of income.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.37,0:03:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This gets me really excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.32,0:03:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these people, one profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.25,0:03:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think how powerful this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.73,0:03:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When farmers become more productive,\Nthen more than half the world's poor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.27,0:03:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,earn more money and climb out of poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.70,0:03:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it gets better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.94,0:03:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The product of farming\Nis, of course, food.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.22,0:03:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when farmers become more productive,\Nthey earn more food,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.85,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they don't just help themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.59,0:03:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they help to feed healthy communities\Nand thriving economies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.23,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when farmers become more productive,\Nthey reduce environmental pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only have two ways\Nwe can feed the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.75,0:03:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can either make our existing farmland\Na lot more productive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.10,0:03:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we can clear cut forest and savannah\Nto make more farmland,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.40,0:03:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be environmentally disastrous.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.69,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farmers are basically\Na really important leverage point.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.50,0:03:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When farmers become more productive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.45,0:03:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they earn more income,\Nthey climb out of poverty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.09,0:03:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they feed their communities and they\Nreduce environmental land pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.19,0:04:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farmers stand at the center of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.31,0:04:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not a farmer like this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.03,0:04:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather this lady.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.06,0:04:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the farmers I know\Nare actually women.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.70,0:04:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the strength and the will\Nradiating from this woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.100,0:04:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is physically strong, mentally tough,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.23,0:04:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she will do whatever it takes\Nto earn a better life for her children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.69,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're going to put the future\Nof humanity in one person's hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.85,0:04:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I'm really glad it's her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.69,0:04:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.12,0:04:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just one problem:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.40,0:04:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many smallholder farmers\Nlack access to basic tools and knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.75,0:04:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, they take a little bit\Nof saved food grain from the prior year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.46,0:04:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they plant it in the ground\Nand they till it with a manual hand hoe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.86,0:04:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are tools and techniques\Nthat date to the Bronze Age,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.65,0:04:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's why many farmers\Nare still very poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.76,0:04:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But good news, again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.16,0:04:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lever number two:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.34,0:04:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity actually solved the problem\Nof agricultural poverty a century ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.45,0:04:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me walk you through the three\Nmost basic factors in farming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.94,0:05:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, hybrid seed is created\Nwhen you cross two seeds together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.36,0:05:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you naturally pollinate\Na high-yielding variety
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.19,0:05:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with a drought-resistant variety,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.53,0:05:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get a hybrid that inherits\Npositive traits from both of its parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.39,0:05:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, conventional fertilizer,\Nif used responsibly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.11,0:05:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is environmentally sustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.43,0:05:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you micro-dose\Njust a pinch of fertilizer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.45,0:05:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a plant that's taller than I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.56,0:05:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you unlock enormous yield gain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.12,0:05:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are known as farm inputs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.24,0:05:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farm inputs need to be combined\Nwith good practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.86,0:05:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you space your seeds\Nand plant with massive amounts of compost,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.98,0:05:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farmers multiply their harvests.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.95,0:05:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These proven tools and practices\Nhave more than tripled
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.55,0:05:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agricultural productivity\Nin every major region of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.62,0:05:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving mass numbers of people\Nout of poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.93,0:05:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just haven't finished delivering\Nthese things to everybody just yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.29,0:05:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.92,0:05:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So overall, this is amazing news.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.67,0:05:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity actually solved\Nagricultural poverty a century ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.68,0:06:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.91,0:06:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just haven't delivered these things\Nto everybody just yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.35,0:06:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this century, the reason\Nthat people remain poor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.76,0:06:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because maybe they live\Nin remote places.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.100,0:06:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They lack access to these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.15,0:06:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, ending poverty\Nis simply a matter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.74,0:06:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of delivering proven goods\Nand services to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.18,0:06:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't need more genius types right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.51,0:06:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The humble delivery guy is going\Nto end global poverty in our lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.09,0:06:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these are the three levers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.60,0:06:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most powerful lever\Nis simply delivery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.03,0:06:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever the world's companies,\Ngovernments and nonprofits
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.34,0:06:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set up delivery networks\Nfor life-improving goods,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.40,0:06:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we eliminate poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.02,0:06:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so that sounds really nice in theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.04,0:06:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what about in practice?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.35,0:06:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do these delivery networks look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.01,0:06:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share the concrete example\Nthat I know best,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.56,0:06:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my organization, One Acre Fund.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.16,0:06:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only serve the farmer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.58,0:06:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our job is to provide her\Nwith the tools that she needs to succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.28,0:06:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start off by delivering farm inputs\Nto really rural places.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.26,0:07:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this may appear\Ninitially very challenging,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.55,0:07:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's pretty possible. Let me show you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.79,0:07:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We buy farm inputs with the combined power\Nof our farmer network,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.87,0:07:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and store it in 20 warehouses like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.64,0:07:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, during input delivery,\Nwe rent hundreds of 10-ton trucks
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.64,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and send them out to where farmers\Nare waiting in the field.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.95,0:07:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They then get their individual orders\Nand walk it home to their farms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.42,0:07:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of like Amazon\Nfor rural farmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.69,0:07:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Importantly, realistic delivery\Nalso includes finance, a way to pay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.54,0:07:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farmers pay us little by little over time,\Ncovering most of our expenses.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.59,0:07:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we surround\Nall that with training.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.15,0:07:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our rural field officers\Ndeliver practical, hands-on training
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.83,0:07:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to farmers in the field
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.26,0:07:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every two weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.50,0:07:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever we deliver our services,\Nfarmers use these tools
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.10,0:07:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to climb out of poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.19,0:07:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a farmer\Nin our program, Consolata.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.03,0:07:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the pride on her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.21,0:07:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has achieved a modest prosperity\Nthat I believe is the human right
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.89,0:08:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every hardworking person on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.26,0:08:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I'm proud to say that we're serving\Nabout 400,000 farmers like Consolata.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.19,0:08:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.88,0:08:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The key to doing this\Nis scalable delivery.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.48,0:08:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In any given area, we hire\Na rural field officer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.40,0:08:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who delivers our services\Nto 200 farmers, on average,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.58,0:08:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with more than 1,000 people\Nliving in those families.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.80,0:08:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we have 2,000\Nof these rural field officers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.26,0:08:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.66,0:08:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our delivery army,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.99,0:08:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're just one organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.68,0:08:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many companies,\Ngovernments and nonprofits
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.87,0:08:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have delivery armies just like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.10,0:08:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe we stand at a moment in time
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.18,0:08:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where collectively, we are capable of\Ndelivering farm services to all farmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.76,0:08:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me show you how possible this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.96,0:08:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a map of Sub-Saharan Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.85,0:08:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a map of the United States for scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.98,0:08:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose Sub-Saharan Africa because\Nthis is a huge delivery territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.39,0:08:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.25,0:09:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we analyzed every 50-mile\Nby 50-mile block on the continent,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.29,0:09:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we found that half of farmers\Nlive in just these shaded regions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.26,0:09:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a remarkably small area overall.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.20,0:09:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to lay these boxes\Nnext to each other
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.53,0:09:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within a map of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.19,0:09:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would only cover\Nthe Eastern United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.28,0:09:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can order pizza\Nanywhere in this territory
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.83,0:09:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'll arrive to your house\Nhot, fresh and delicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.58,0:09:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If America can deliver pizza\Nto an area of this size,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.87,0:09:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then Africa's companies,\Ngovernments and non-profits
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.92,0:09:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can deliver farm services\Nto all of her farmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.97,0:09:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.100,0:09:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to wrap up by generalizing\Nbeyond just farming.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.29,0:09:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In every field of human development,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.42,0:09:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity has already invented\Neffective tools to end poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.28,0:09:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just need to deliver them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.32,0:09:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, in every area\Nof human development,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.59,0:09:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,super-smart people a long time ago\Ninvented inexpensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.01,0:09:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highly effective tools.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.87,0:09:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity is armed to the teeth
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.82,0:10:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with simple, effective\Nsolutions to poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.60,0:10:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just need to deliver these\Nto a pretty small area.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.27,0:10:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again using the map\Nof Sub-Saharan Africa as an example,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.39,0:10:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember that rural poverty is\Nconcentrated in these blue shaded areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.44,0:10:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urban poverty is even more concentrated,\Nin these green little dots.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.28,0:10:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, using a map\Nof the United States for scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.32,0:10:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what I would call\Na highly achievable delivery zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.35,0:10:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, for the first time\Nin human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.53,0:10:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a vast amount of delivery\Ninfrastructure available to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.06,0:10:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world's companies,\Ngovernments and non-profits
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.80,0:10:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have delivery armies\Nthat are fully capable
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.05,0:10:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of covering this relatively small area.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.93,0:10:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just lack the will.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.91,0:10:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are willing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.35,0:10:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every one of us has a role to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.92,0:10:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We first need more people to pursue\Ncareers in human development,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.32,0:10:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if you live\Nin a developing nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.49,0:10:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need more front line health workers,\Nteachers, farmer trainers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.100,0:10:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sales agents for life-improving goods.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.44,0:11:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the delivery people\Nthat dedicate their careers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.13,0:11:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to improving the lives of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.53,0:11:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also need a lot of support roles.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.73,0:11:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are roles available\Nat just my organization alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.61,0:11:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're just one out of many.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.40,0:11:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This may surprise you, but no matter\Nwhat your technical specialty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.20,0:11:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a role for you in this fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.16,0:11:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no matter how logistically possible\Nit is to end poverty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.53,0:11:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need a lot more resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.45,0:11:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our number one constraint.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.81,0:11:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For private investors, we need\Na big expansion of venture capital,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.21,0:11:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private equity, working capital,\Navailable in emerging markets.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.48,0:11:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are also limits\Nto what private business can accomplish.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.93,0:11:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Private businesses often struggle\Nto profitably serve the extreme poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.90,0:11:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so philanthropy still has\Na major role to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.100,0:11:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody can give,\Nbut we need more leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.11,0:11:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need more visionary philanthropists
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.08,0:11:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and global leaders who will take\Nproblems in human development
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.02,0:11:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lead humanity to wipe them\Noff the face of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.28,0:11:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're interested in these ideas,\Ncheck out this website.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.12,0:12:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need more leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.17,0:12:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity has put people on the moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.22,0:12:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've invented supercomputers\Nthat fit into our pockets
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.82,0:12:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connect us with anybody on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.90,0:12:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've run marathons\Nat a five-minute mile pace.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.21,0:12:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are an exceptional people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.82,0:12:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we've left more than one billion\Nof our members behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.48,0:12:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until every girl like this one\Nhas an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.81,0:12:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to earn her full human potential,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.05,0:12:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have failed to become\Na truly moral and just human race.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.52,0:12:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Logistically speaking,\Nit's incredibly possible
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.30,0:12:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end extreme poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.22,0:12:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just need to deliver\Nproven goods and services
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.13,0:12:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.66,0:12:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we have the will, every one of us\Nhas a role to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.02,0:12:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's deploy our time, our careers,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.94,0:12:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our collective wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.78,0:12:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us deliver an end to extreme poverty
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.54,0:12:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.97,0:12:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.15,0:13:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)