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  One of my favorite parts about my job at the Gates Foundation is that I get to travel to the developing world...
  

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  ...and I do that quite regularly.
  

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  And when I meet the mothers in so many of these remote places,...
  

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  ...I'm really struck by the things that we have in common.
  

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  They want what we want for our children,...
  

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  ...and that is for their children to grow up successful,...
  

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  ...to be healthy and have a successful life.
  

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  But I also see lots of poverty...
  

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  ...and it's quite jarring,...
  

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  ...both in the scale and the scope of it.
  

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  My first trip in India, I was in a person's home where they had dirt floors,...
  

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  ...no running water, no electricity, and that's really what I see all over the world.
  

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  So in short, I'm startled by all the things that they don't have.
  

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  But I am surprised by one thing that they do have: Coca-Cola.
  

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  Coke is everywhere.
  

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  In fact, when I travel to a developing world, Coke feels ubiquitous.
  

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  And so, when I come back from these trips, and I'm thinking about development,...
  

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  ...and I'm flying home and I'm thinking, "Well, we're trying to deliver condoms to people, or vaccinations".
  

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  You know, Coke's success kinda stops and makes you wonder,...
  

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  ..."How is it that they can get Coke to these far-flung places?"
  

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  And if they can do that, why can't governments and NGOs do the same thing?
  

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  And I'm not the first person to ask this question.
  

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  But I think as a community, we still have a lot to learn.