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...from nurturing the poor, microfinance schemes could end up milking them, especially in countries where lenders don't have to clearly disclose interest rates. When the Mexican microfinancier Banco Compartamos went public last year, revealing its loans carried rates of about 86% annually, the development consortium Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and others scorned it for having put shareholders ahead of clients. Says Elizabeth Littlefield, CEO of CGAP: "There is some risk that the mainstreaming of microfinance will threaten the very essence of microfinance's core mission: to help poor people lead better lives." At a time when...
...lacked a go-to guy. Fortunately, it didn’t take long for sophomore Jeremy Lin to establish himself in that role. The Palo Alto, Calif. native was the only player to start in all 30 games and led the team with 12.6 points per game, 107 assists, and 58 steals. “Jeremy’s been our best player. He’s played exceptionally well for us all year,” head coach Tommy Amaker said of his star in February. “He’s done everything we?...
...seniors. New head coach Lisa Miller, who brought a different game plan to the veteran squad. And the fresh talent of rookie midfielder Jess Halpern. In her first season with the Crimson, Halpern was Harvard’s second-leading scorer with 46 points on 34 goals and 12 assists, pacing a Crimson attack that finished second in the league in goals per game. Individually, Halpern finished 10th in the league in goals per game, averaging 2.12 a contest, and her 2.88 points per game tied her for eighth in the conference. With numbers like that, it?...
...Thankfully, elsewhere, policies are being implemented that will increase access to education for low-income students. Tufts University announced a program to financially assist all students who enter careers in public and non-profit sectors, independent of their school and concentration. Princeton University has entirely eliminated student loans from its financial aid packages. These types of creative, progressive policies should serve as models for Harvard and other universities...
...into the media spotlight in January, after contested elections roiled longstanding ethnic tensions, and whispers of civil war were heard. There, American leadership—perhaps itself chastened, perhaps merely overstretched—rightfully resisted the urge to evangelize with troop deployments, sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to assist with talks. As Kenya begins to heal after a power-sharing agreement that showed the continued utility of multilateral effort, the United States should continue to offer aid and counsel, nothing more...