Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Ms. O'Neill, for coming. It is a great honour for us to have you here.
It is very interesting to hear that you have been rated number one. I think it's a shame we only have you for one hour, because we could probably learn so much from you.
I'm very interested to hear that President Obama has publicly stated that the solution to third-world problems and growth has to be small businesses and the growth of small businesses producing goods, as you stated.
Our committee took a trip last week to Ukraine and looked at some of their problems. I mention Ukraine because it has been stripped of private ownership, like many third-world countries. This is an issue we see in Africa and places like Africa—the absence of private ownership.
Dr. de Soto appeared before us through video, and he stressed the importance of ownership. It seems to be such a prevalent problem throughout the world in former communist countries, but also in places like Africa, where tribal kings have.... And even in our country, in North America, we still experience that to some degree with our first nations. What is USAID doing to rectify that situation? Are you moving to encourage or teach? What has been your approach?