" .... unsurpassed ability to find workable solutions to some of the most intractable problems .... he has one of the most versatile minds I have ever encountered; no problem appears to be too complex for Mr. Michaels' lateral thinking mind to solve .... a person of extraordinary ability."

Andrew C. West, Industrial Psychologist
Senior Advisor to the Private Sector Division of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

".... has been working 'outside the box' long before most people knew there was one"

Joe Lauria
Emerging Markets Reporter, Bloomberg News.

".... It is my impression that David Michaels' insight into the problems of external debt is a reflection of his talent to search for effective and pragmatic solutions to complicated international problems ...."

Edgardo E. Barandiaran
Principal Economist, World Bank, Washington, D.C.

".... During my 18 years as a financial journalist, dealing with international economic problems, and specifically with the problem of Third World debt, I have rarely encountered an individual with such a keen insight into the problems of Third World debt and the relationship of the 'have and have not' countries as Mr. Michaels ....

Mr. Michaels' unique ability to analyze complicated economic problems and to explain those problems in an acceptable fashion to the conservative regimes of the banking countries of the North and to the hard-pressed Third World regimes of the South have made him a preeminent figure in the realm of Third World debt restructuring ...."

Gordon W. Platt
Financial Editor, The Journal of Commerce.

".... continuous innovative efforts to provide practical and effective contributions to the global debt and economic problem ....
to be commended for their lucidity and effectiveness."

Jean-Francois Thiollier
Consul General of France.

".... David's proposals .... serious, original, workable, and potentially beneficial to the host countries involved ....

He has a unique understanding of the issues involved and a unique enthusiasm to put that knowledge to work in a creative and constructive way ....

Many of his ideas anticipated the concepts behind the Brady Plan and the Enterprise for the Americas programs launched by the Bush administration"

Ernest S. McCrary
Former Bureau Chief South America, McGraw-Hill

"David Michaels' dynamism and vision will ensure the success of the Foundation ...."

Laurance Allen
Publisher, Harvard Business Review