Historical patterns may predict short-term behaviours, but cannot identify future opportunities

India will be looking to earn billions for promoting the green agenda

Key to success is not only to convince China and India; US needs to lead by example

Approach of rewarding results gives people strong motivation to work on challenges

There is a dire need to revamp approach; establish vision of success

Utopian agenda misses local context, no lessons learnt from MDG experiment

Concept suits decision-makers, not marginalised population.

Revenues at risk, customer base to shrink as telecom industry imposed with taxation

Planning and development process remains fragmented resulting in disorder and rework

Tax policies should be based on the principles of equity and fairness, and must facilitate economic growth