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...economic dynamics, as they play out in national markets, can be even more complicated. Take India, for example, where rice prices are rising fast, contributing to 7% inflation last month, the highest in more than three years. The country is not suffering from a classic case of tight supplies. National rice production this year should hit 94 million metric tons, up more than 2 million metric tons from last year and more than 20 million metric tons from 2003's crop, which was devastated by a bad monsoon. Nor have shortages hit a government-run rice-distribution program that helps...
Other Harvard affiliates who were awarded the highest journalistic honor include Kennedy School graduate Barton Gellman for his investigation of Vice President Dick Cheney’s powerful influence on policy, as well as two former fellows at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation: Anne Hull for public service reporting and Gene Weingarten for feature writing. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...earnings and low educational standards, Professor Ceri Peach of Oxford University finds that Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in Britain have some of the highest levels of self-segregation of all ethnic groups in Britain. Although he acknowledges that poverty plays a role in residential segregation in disadvantaged neighborhoods, Peach argues that much of it is self-imposed, through a “positive desire for clustering” for cultural and linguistic reasons. Segregation can hinder learning in English-speaking British schools and limit job networking. In turn, this may limit job opportunities and success on the job, which usually requires...
...difficult for us to get balls through the thirties,” Curtis said. Harvard rallied with three goals in the final three minutes, but time ran out, as the Quakers closed out the game with a 14-10 victory. Harvard’s 10 goals equaled the highest tally scored against Penn this season. Sophomore Katherine Martino made seven saves and played 48 minutes in an impressive showing against the Quakers’ tough offense. Senior Kathryn Tylander started the second half in goal, but was relieved by Martino with 18 minutes remaining. Yesterday’s win marked...
...follows a campaign at Harvard to increase access to scholarly articles published by members of the faculty. A proposal by the Faculty Council—the highest governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—in September 2007 proposed that scholarly work be immediately placed online for free access...