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...India's Poor, Still Left Behind Thank you for the article "Subcontinental Divide," on the Indian economy, which is definitely experiencing a boom [Feb. 23]. As you reported, India's middle class is exploding in size, but unfortunately, there are millions of poverty-stricken people for whom the progress is meaningless. Much of India lacks even minimal infrastructure, and conditions are deplorable. Are the "happy new capitalists" enthusiastic enough to undertake developmental work in needy regions? The population growth in our country has us lagging behind in prehistoric stages of development. However much the government tries to tout India...
TIME and ABC News teamed up last October to travel to 30 towns across Iraq to see whether life had improved for ordinary citizens. We found the initial rumblings of an economic boom and, particularly outside Baghdad, the first glimmers of political freedom. But there were also large numbers of unemployed young men and widespread concerns about security. This month we retraced our footsteps, often interviewing the same people we met on our previous journey, to gauge the extent of change. We found that the country has indeed moved forward but that this progress has been matched by a corresponding...
...into defensive positions in their bases. Back in October the Christian village of Alqosh in the hills north of Mosul was celebrating the dismantling of a Saddam-era military checkpoint that had prevented locals from traveling to the city to buy goods. The newly opened road had sparked a boom in business in the village. But in January the villagers set up their own checkpoint, this time to prevent strangers from coming in. "It is not like the old checkpoint," explains Salam Nissan Shamoun, the local postmaster. "This time it is our sons and cousins...
...differences can be explained in part by forces that shaped each generation. While boomer women sought career opportunities that were unavailable to their mostly stay-at-home moms, Gen Xers were the latchkey kids and the children of divorce. Also, their careers have bumped along in a roller-coaster, boom-bust economy that may have shaken their faith in finding reliable satisfaction at work...
When U.S. troops ousted Saddam Hussein a year ago, American officials and companies held certain assumptions about Iraq's prospects. With the dictator gone, businesses would reopen and drive an economic boom with their newfound freedoms. Traders would pile across the six borders, selling goods to consumers denied foreign items during 13 years of sanctions. Entrepreneurs would scramble for reconstruction contracts worth billions. Investment would pour in from millions of Iraqi exiles--including hundreds of thousands...