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Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 in a speech at the Munich Security Conference:

"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017
Bono
stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview with the "Irish Times":

"People think AIDS is done -- it’s not done."

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2016
Bono
stated on October 23, 2009 in an interview with the Associated Press:

When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."

By Robert Farley • October 30, 2009