After returning from Africa in the early '80s, I was hired as a consultant by the Swiss Foreign Office to undertake a fascinating study of seven Western nations (Belgium, Holland, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Western Germany) during which I interviewed over two hundred people in more than 100 organizations to see how they were raising public awareness in their countries of the great challenge of international development.

I ended almost every interview with the question: "It's easy to see what's wrong with the world today - anyone can come up with a long list of problems. So, I'd like to ask you to mention what you see as the three positive trends in the world - in any field."

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